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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
I. Records of the English Benedictine Nuns at
Cambrai (now StanbroOk), i 620-1 793. Contributed
by the Lady Abbess of Stanbrook. Edited by Joseph
Gillow 1
II. Two lists of supposed adherents of Mary Queen
of Scots, 1574 and 1582. Edited by John Bannerman
Wainewright 86
III. A Portuguese Narration of the Martyrdom of the
Ven. Thomas Holland, S.J. Contributed by the Rev.
Edzvard Robert James 143
IV. Papers from the Courtfield Muniments. Contri-
buted by John Hobson Matthews 150
V. Addresses of Jesuits in England, 1727-34. Con-
tributed by Richard Trappes-Lomax . . . .160
VI. Ralph Clavering's Account-Book, 1763-4. Contri-
buted by Richard Trappes-Lomax . . . 1 90
VII. Boys at Liege Academy, 1773-91 : their parents,
guardians, &c. Contributed by Richard Trappes-
Lomax ......... 202
VIII. Minute-Book of the Roman Catholic Club, 1793-8.
Contributed by Joseph S. Hansom . . . .214
IX. Registers of Fr. Thomas Worthington, O.P., kept
in Lancashire, 17 13-17. Contributed by Joseph S.
Hansom 222
X. Catholic Registers of Danby, West Witton, and
Leyburn, Yorkshire, 1 742-1840; with notes of
the Scrope Family, 1663-1754. Contributed by
Joseph S. Hansom. Historical notes by Joseph Gillow . 227
XI. Registers of the Rev. Pierce Parry at Claxby,
Lincolnshire, and Oscott, Warwickshire, 1755-66.
Contributed by Joseph Gillow 288
XII. Catholic Registers of Britwell- Prior, Oxford-
shire, 1765-88. Contributed by the Rev. John Edge,
SJ. , 292
XIII. Catholic Registers of Isleworth, Middlesex, 1746-
1835. Contributed by Joseph S. Hansom. Historical
notes by Joseph Gillow . . . . . -299
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XIV. Catholic Registers of Newport, Shropshire, 1785-
1846. Contributed by the Rev. Chichele Giles. His-
torical notes by Joseph Gillow 335
XV. Catholic Registers of Culcheth, Lancashire, 1791-
1825. Contributed by the Rev. John Donohoe. Historical
?iotes by Joseph Gillow. Printed at the expense of J. P.
Smith ......... 370
XVI. Catholic Registers of Southworth Hall, Lanca-
shire, 1 795-182 7. Contributed by the Rev. Joh?i
Do?iohoe. Historical notes by Joseph Gillow. Printed
at the expense of J. P. Smith 396
Index. Compiled by Miss Edith Rix .... 417-480
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
i. Portrait of Dame Gertrude More, O.S.B. . . Frontispiece
2. Formula of Vows of Dame Anne Benedicta Warwick, O.S.B. 1
3. Portrait of Dame Barbara Constable, O.S.B. . . .12
4. Portrait of Dame Catharine Gascoigne, O.S.B. ... 40
5. Formula of Vows of Dame Bridget More, O.S.B. . . 43
6. Portrait of Dame Anne Mary Plumpton, O.S.B. ... 62
7. Seal of the More family arms, quartering Cresacre . . 74
8. Mandate of King Charles I. to stay execution on Dame
Joane Vaughan of Ruardean for harbouring a priest . 156
9. Scrope family notes . . . . . . . .227
10. Scrope family notes . . . . . . . .236
11. Two chalices belonging to the mission at Newport, Salop . 335
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NO. I
RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793
CONTRIBUTED BY THE RIGHT REVEREND LADY CECILIA HEYWOOD,
ABBESS OF STANBROOK
EDITED WITH HISTORICAL NOTES BY JOSEPH GILLOW
The Abbey of Benedictine nuns of the English Congregation was estab-
lished in 1620 at Cambrai by Monks of that Congregation, chiefly through
the instrumentality of the president, Dom William Rudesind Barlow, and
Dom William Benet Jones, who brought over from England nine English
ladies to form the nucleus of the foundation, of whom Helen More (Dame
Gertrude) is considered chief foundress, the pecuniary means having been
mainly furnished by her father Mr. Cresacre More, lineal descendant of
the blessed martyr Sir Thomas More. For the training of these postulants
in the monastic life, three nuns were lent by the kindness of the abbess of
the English Benedictine abbey at Brussels, Lady Mary Percy ; and their
spiritual direction was entrusted to the eminent Father David Augustine
Baker, who remained at Cambrai about eight years.
Dame Frances Gawen of Brussels was appointed abbess of the infant
community until in 1629, at the first general chapter after their profession,
one of their own number, Dame Catherine Gascoigne, was chosen abbess.
Though their instructresses, the three Brussels nuns, were now free to return
to their own convent, they begged to be allowed to form part of the com-
munity of Cambrai. Two of them, Dame Frances Gawen and Dame
Pudentiana Deacons, remained till their death several years later, but
Dame Viviana Yaxley eventually availed herself of her right according to
the original stipulation, and returned to Brussels in 1650.
The Cambrai community were from the first under the immediate juris-
diction of the president and general chapter of the English Congregation of
Monks of the Order of St. Benedict, and this with the full consent and con-
currence of the Archbishop of Cambrai, Francis Van der Burch, and the
solemn approbation of Pope Urban VIII.
In 1793 the Community of Cambrai, twenty-one in number, were violently
ejected by the French Government, and carried in open carts to Compiegne,
where they remained in close prison for eighteen months. They obtained
their release at last in 1795, reaching Dover on May 3rd of that year. Be-
friended by the Monks of the English Congregation to which they belonged,
they remained at Woolton in Lancashire, earning a small means of sub-
sistence by teaching a school belonging to the Benedictine mission. In
1807, by the kindness of Mrs. Stanford, they removed to a mansion belonging
to her in Warwickshire, Salford Hall, near Evesham, which they were
to have free of rent, not only during her lifetime, but during that of the heir-
at-law, Mr. Robert Berkeley of Spetchley, who concurred generously in this
negotiation. In 1838 they removed finally to Stanbrook Hall in Worcester-
shire, purchasing the house and property for themselves, and eventually,
after several years, erecting a church, consecrated in 1871, and a consider-
able portion of a regular Abbey in 1880.
The dearth of original early documents at Stanbrook Abbey is owing to
XIII. A
2 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
the fact that the seizure of the abbey at Cambrai, in October 1793; was so
sudden and so ruthless that in less than half-an-hour the nuns were hurried
into open carts and transferred to the prison of Compiegne, each nun being
allowed no more baggage than a small bundle of necessaries hastily put
together in presence of ruffians armed with clubs. All their books and
papers were put under seal, and eventually were transferred to the public
library and archives of Cambrai, where a portion still remains. Another
portion was carried at a still later date to the Archives Centrales of Lille,
where they are stowed away in two cartons marked " Benedictines de
Cambrai." In or about 1876 the Lady Abbess of Stanbrook; the Right
Rev. Lady Gertrude L. d'Aurillac Dubois, at some expense had copies
made of the more valuable of the manuscripts at Lille, and these have
recently been carefully verified. During the last eight years transcripts
have been made by friends of a few of the manuscripts at Cambrai, as here
particularised. The more important original documents have utterly dis-
appeared, but copies, evidently made for business purposes long before the
Revolution and kept by the nuns in their archives at Cambrai, have
sufficient value to be offered to the Catholic Record Society in absence of
the originals.
COPIA CONSENSUS ET APPROBATIO D. ARCHIEPISCOPI ,
6 octobris 1622 [In margin]
Franciscus Vanderburch Dei Et apostolicse Sedis gracia archie-
piscopus et Dux Cameracensis Sancti Romani imperii Princeps Comes
Cameracesii Universis prsesentes Litteras inspecturis Salutem in Domino
Sempiternam. Cum S. Concilii Tridentini decreto cautum Sit ut nulla
monasteria et domus tarn virorum quam mulierum Erigantur, nisi
Episcopi licentia, in cujus dioecesi Erigenda sint Prius Obtenta, Pro
parte Eximiorum Dominorum ac Religiosorum Patrum : f. Rudisindii
Barlo S. Theologian doctoris et Congregationis Angliae Benedictinae
prsesidis ac f. Leandri de S. Martino Sacrse quoque Theologian Doc-
toris et Benedictinorum praefatae Congregationis in conventu ac
collegio divi gregorii duaci Prioris nobis Expositum Est Crescente in
dies numero monialium anglarum ita paucula earum monasteria anhe-
lant Recipiendis Locus omnino Desit ac proinde nobis supplicatum
Est, ut Licentiam in Civitate nostra Cameracensi Ccenobium in Domo
ac fundo ab iisdem pro monialibus anglis ordinis S. Benedicti Emendis,
Erigendi authoritate nostra ordinaria concedere Vellemus ac Dig-
naremur. Nos igitur optime conscii quantum in Ecclesia Dei splen-
doris, atque Utilitatis ex monasteriis hujusmodi monialium anglarum
alibi constitutis oriatur, in domino quoque Confidentes Ejusmodi
moniales suis divinis officiis, orationibus, Bonis operibus, et Exemplis,
nostrae Civitati Cameracensi non parum profuturas, dictis Reverendis
Prioribus, Rudisindo et Leandro hac in parte gratificandum, eorumque
petitioni, Una cum magistratu hujus nostras Civitatis(de Cujus consensu
ad hoc praestito nobis constitit) annuendum censuimus, pro ut lubentes
gratificamur Et annuimus per presentes ; iisdem Licentiam et facultatem
Concedentes, ut in praedicta nostra Civitate, Pro monialibus anglis
ordinis Sancti Benedicti Emere cedificium cum fundo sufficient et in eo
Ccenobium forma debita cum Ecclesia Competenti in qua juxta ordinis
Sancti Benedicti institutionem, misses, aliaque officia Divina celebrentur
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 3
Et peragantur Extructa et Prope ipsum ccenobium Pro hujusmodi moni-
alium Vicario et confessariis hospitium adificare Libere possint et Valeant ;
Cseterum intendimus ac volumus lit praememoratae moniales quae Sub
Regula, legibus et Constitutionibus ordinis Sancti Benedicti ac congre-
gations anglicanae, Sub Regimine ac moderamine illius praesidis, ac
vicarii et confessariorum ejusdem ordinis et congregationis vivent,
ordinariae nostrae ac successorum nostrorum archiepiscoporum Camera-
censium jurisdictioni et Visitationi immediate Subjaceant; Et ut
uniuscujusque puellae in monialem hujusmodi ccenobii assumendae
dos Realiter nobis Representetur, quatenus ita Constet, Conventum
istum nullatenus oneri fore Civitati et Dicecesi nostrae Cameracensi
in Praemissorum fidem ac Robur praesentibus per secretarium nostrum
Subsignatis Sigillum nostrum duximus apprimendum. Datum Cameraci
in palatio nostro archiepiscopali anno Domini millesimo Sexcentesimo
vig° secundo mensis octobris Die Sexta.
Subscriptum erat de mandato illustrissimi ac Reverendissimi
domini pti, Et Erat signatum Lud. fullo secret. Cum Parapho Et
appendebat Sigillum dicti illustrissimi Cum Cauda cera Rubra
impressum.
Et supra dorsum Scriptum Erat ut Sequitur.
[The following is endorsed on the foregoing document: — ]
Illustrissimus et Reverendissimus dominus meus archiepiscopus et
dux Cameracensis Post Expeditionem harum retroscriptarum ob rationes
sibi Expositas permisit ac consentit ut in illis praememoratae moniales
Sub Regula, legibus ceremoniis ac privilegiis Congregationis Anglicanae
Benedictinae ab Hispanica dependentis vivant, Et a praeside Vicario et
Confessariis congregationis Ejusdem per immediatam jurisdictionem
Regantur : illustrissimae et Reverendissimae Suae dominationi person-
aliter dumtaxat, Si opus fuerit auctoritatem Visitandi Reservando, ut
exordia ccenobii hujus Securius Stabiliantur. De Reliquo Post Ex-
cessum illustrimae et Rmae S.D. ipsum ccenobium moniales, Vicarium,
Confessariosque praefatos jurisdictioni dictae congregationis, privilegiis
atque Exemptioni a Sancta sede apostolica indultis penitus Relin-
quendo. In cujus Rei fidem presentes per Secretarium Suum Sub-
signari jussit Cameraci in palatio Suo archiepiscopali anno domini
M.D.C. xxui mensis julii die vigesima Secunda. Subscriptum Erat
de mandato illmi et R™ domini mei archiepiscopi praefati Et Signatum
Erat J. de la Rille Secretarius cum parapho.
CONSENTEMENT ET PERMISSION DU MAGISTRAT 17ME MAY 1 623
A tous ceux qui ces presentes lettres voiront ou viront Prevost
Eschevins et Magistrat de la Ville cite et duce de Cambray, Salue.
Scavoir faisons que sur la Requeste a nous presentee de la part du
Reverend Pere Leandre de St. Martin Prieur des Benedictins Anglois
du Couvent de St. Gregoire en Douay et nous avons accorde et
consenti, consentons et accordons que Ton puisse achester certains
heritages propre et convenable en ceste dite ville de la qualite et
endroit duquel debveront estre advertis et satisfaits paravant l'achast
aux fins d'y construire et eriger une maison et monastere pour des
4 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
filles Angloises religieuses de l'Ordre de St. Benoit, refermees non
mendiantes et observantes la closture, moiennant toutefois que de la
pare d'icelles filles soit pourvu des moyens et de biens pour subvenir
au dfc achast Construction, erection et Batimens de la dte maison et
monastere a, leur nourriture aux vetements et toutes choses quel-
conques qui peuvent en aucune maniere toucher et concerner elles et
leur dite maison et monastere, et ce sy bien et largement que ceste
ville de Cambray et pays de Cambresis en general ou en particulier ne
puisse en quel temps et pour quel cas que ce soit ressentir aulcunes
charges d'ycelles et de leur dit monastere n'y y supporter aulcun coust
frais et depens interest ou prejudices moyennant aussi que nulle des
dites filles Angloises ne pourra en nul temps estre introduite et recue
au dfc monastere que prealablement le magistrat de cette dite ville ne
soit deuement appaise d'une dote et bonne asseuroie fondation de
deux cens florins de rente qu'elle aura et apportera au d* monastere
pour y demeurer et appartenir a perpetuite et moyennant encores que
au dfc monastere quoiqu'il soit institue premierement pour des filles
Angloises, les filles Cambresiennes y pourront etre et seront aussi
recces et admises pour y estre au meme rang et advantages qu'icelles
Anglaises, entendons au surplus que ces conditions soient pleinement
observees et a toujours sans que Tenet d'icelles puisse par quelques
dissimulations tollorances on usaige contraire de tel et sy long temps
que ce soit estre emportee annullee et preserites a Tadvenir, En temoing,
recognoissance et approbation duquel consentement accord et con-
cession nous avons a ces presentes signees de notre grefrier, fait mettre
et appendre le seel aux causes d'icelles ville le dix septieme jour du
mois de May Tan de grace mil six cent vingt et trois.
Sur le replis des dtes lettres etait escrite Pour la Chambre et signe
M. de la Miere avec paraphe et y appendant au d* reply le seel aux
causes d'icelles Ville en cire verde en double queue de parchemin.
[Here follow a few lines declaring that a collation has been made of
the above transcript with the original and found to be word for word
the same by the Public Notary of Cambray undersigned, the 22nd
August 1659, Hustin Not]
PERMIT BY THE INFANTA ISABELLA FOR THE FOUNDATION
La Serenissime Infante ayant vue les Actes de consentement a la
Reception des Religieuses Anglaises de la Congregation de St. Benoit
en la Ville de Cambray tant de l'Archeveque que de ceux du magistrat,
elle a pour bonnes considerations et a leur supplication, permis et
donne licence comme elle fait par ceste, aux dites religieuses d'y
pouvoir batir et eriger un monastere de leur Ordre mais aux charges et
conditions requises par les dts actes ordonnant a tous ceux qu'il
appartiendra de se regler selon, et fait a Bruxelles soub le nom et
cachet secret de Son Alsse,
le trentieme de May 1623
+ Ysabel
Par ordonnance de Son Al8ee
Mafaille (?) avec paraphe :
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 5
[The following brief extracts by Dom Gilbert Dolan, O.S.B., are
from the archives of the Congregation of Valladolid, O.S.B., at the
Abbey of S. Domingo de Silos.]
Letter of Dom Rudesind Barlow [in original " Fr. Rosendo Barlo]
to the Procurator of the English Congregation in Spain [D. Boniface
Blandy?] — Vol. xix. del Archivo, 1624. Jan. 3 :
I. " We have begun our monastery of nuns at Cambray with great
honour and edification ; there be twelve religious women as fine dames
as I have seen and Virtuous souls j from their house I write this, for
here I am stayed to see them settled and put in order. I got from the
Dames of Brussels three of the best qualified of all their company to be
their guides and . . . [illegible],
II. Vol. xix del Archivo. 1625:
"Novissime vero omnium erectum est monasterium Sanctimoni-
alium Ordinis et nationis nostras sub jurisdictione Congregationis hujus
in civitate Cameracensi juxta Duacum in quo sunt 12 nobiles Virgines
professae et 6 aliae in probatione."
III. 1633. January 28. Status Congregationis. [Report of F.
President Bagshaw to General Chapter of Spain]. ... In mon™
monialium . . . "20 monialies et 8 sorores laicae sive conversae."
"... Cameraci pro solatio monialium 2 monachi et unus conversus
qui sunt conventuales etiam Duaceni."
1633. P. 198 of same vol. [A Spanish report of this enumerates
22 nuns and 8 lay-sisters.]
" Aquel de las mongas en Cambray passa con mucho traverso y
recessidad a causa que la major parte del exercito del Principe Cardinal
aloido mucho tiempo en aquellas partas y como tienen pocas rentas y
el precio de todo ay ha subido mucho han sufoido muchissimo."
[The three following documents were transcribed from the originals in
the archives of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops and Regulars by Dom
Wilfrid Corney, O.S.B., and presented to the Lady Abbess of Stanbrook
in 1908 : — ]
[A]
[Endorsed] "S. Bened. Sanctissimo Dno Nostro A. M. Fagnani.
14 7bris 1629. Archiepo pro infor cum voto. Pro Procuratore
Angliae Congregationis Sti Benedicti."
Beatissime Pater !
Supplicat Bni Vrae Procurator Congregationis Angliae ordinis Sti
Benedicti, quat3 dispensare velit cum Gertrude Mora, nobilis qm
Thomae Mori pro fide in Anglia passi abnepte quae 25 tantummodo
annos, et Catarina Gasconia, quae 28 annos habet, et concedere ut non
obstante hoc defectu aetatis quaelibet earum eligi possit in Abbatissam aut
Priorissam Monasterii B. Virginis ordinis S. Benedicti Congregationis
Angliae Cameracensis autem Dicecesis et in eodem oppido Cameraco
siti et a dicecesani jurisdictioni exempti, et si ita visum fuerit Praesidi et
Definitoribus Congregationis Angliae, cui idem Monasterium subest
post quadriennium in eadem ofiicia eligi. Nam cum idem Monasterium
a sex tantummodo annis erectum fuerit, nee inveniatur in eo StJ
Moniales quae annos, aut aetatis aut religionis ad curam Abbatissae
6 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
suscipiendam prsefixos habet, et aliqua Sanctimonialium in Abbatissam
eligi debet illas duas praecipue habilitari ad hoc officium Congregatio
desiderat quod caeteras habitus antiquitate discretione et regulari
observantia praecedant et alia minora officia cum laude gesserunt.
Gertrudis autem quam praeferri cupit et Monasterii praecipua fundatrix
est. Nee aliquod damnum aut error in Regimine ex minori earum
aetate timendus est cum praeter confessarium * sine cujus consensu
nihil possunt momenti agere, etiam ordinarius t constituitur ejusdem
Monasterii superior qui curam habebit ne praedictae Gertrudis aut
Catarina in errorem ullum offendant. et pro hac gratia quam Deus —
[B]
[The archbishop having been consulted^ replies as follows to the Sacred
Congregation?^
Illme et Rme Domine
Accepi litteras Illmae ac Rmae D.V. necnon libellum ex parte
monasterii B. Mariae Virginis ordinis S. Benedicti in civitate Camera-
censi et congregationis Anglicanae (cui illud subest) Sacrae Congrega-
tioni Illinorum et Rmorum Dominorum Cardinalium negotiis Regularium
praepositae oblatum. Et quia super eo Illinae et Rmae Dm V. caeterisque
Illmis Patribus sententiam meam expetere placuit, sine mora de omnibus
in eo contentis me quam diligentissime potui informavi cumque omnia
quae narrantur verissima esse compererim, sub humillima correctione
expedire judico, ut supplicantium petitioni annuatur, eo magis quod
moniales istae ob singularem suam pietatem omnem favorem mereantur.
Nihilominus rem totam, ut debeo, discretioni et arbitrio Illmae et
Rmae D.V. humillime submitto, Deo supplicans ut eamdem diutissime
servet incolumem.
Castelli Cameracensii 9 Novembris 1629.
Illmae et Revniae D.V.
humillimus et obsequentissimus servus
Franciscus Van der Burch
Archiepus Cameracensis.
On the reverse of the foregoing document, the official of the Sacred
Congregation has made the following summary : —
" Cambrai. ii Janrii 1630. Concedat: si nulla alia existat habens
requisita. Si supa per la facolta d' eleggere p. Abba e Priora del Mon.
della Mad* di Cambrai che una d' eta di 24 e 1' altra di 28 anni non
essendovi altre che abbiano V eta e gli anni della professione a cio
necessarii, e considera anche che possiano governar benmo con la
sopraintendenza particolamente del Conf* e dell' Arcivescovo al qle il
Mon. e soggetto.J
"L'Arciv. attesta 1' esporta ea approva L'Abba e quadriennale e
il Mon. e eretto da 9 anni."
* The official " Vicarius monialium," an office subsequently abrogated.
f By the term ordinary was here intended, as in the text of the Statutes, the
President of the English Benedictine Congregation, and not the Archbishop.
% Here the official has misunderstood the bearing of the term " Ordinary." The
error, as such, is evident in the text of the archbishop's letter, where he states the
house in question to be M subject to the English Congregation." The error is rectified
subsequently at Rome.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 7
[The Rescript evidently having been sent to the nuns, they, noticing its
clause to the effect, that their petition was granted on condition of there
being no one else in the convent of requisite age, &c, were obliged to send
afresh petition to have this clause cancelled ; because, though none of the
foundation itself were of age, the three nuns le?it from Brussels to train
them ivere still there, and in office. Moreover, these latter were wishful
to remain instead of returning to the house of their profession, as originally
stipulated. In any case, the foundation now fully effected must be governed
by its own members^
[C]
Illmi et Revmi Dni.
Supplicatum fuit Sacrae Cong* quatenus dispensare dignetur cum
Gertrude Mora, Nobilis quondam Thomae Mori, pro fide in Anglia
passi, Abnepte, et Monrfi B.V. Cameracen : prsecipua fondatrice, ut
non obstante defectu turn aetatis turn annorum in Religione, promoveri
posset in Abbatissam ejusdem Monrn secundum desiderium et de-
cretum Capituli Generalis cui idem Monasterium subest, in mense
Julio celebrati, et accepta informatione a Rmo Archiepo Cameracen :
Sacra Cong° statuit annuendum supplicationi, si nulla alia sit quae
habeat requisita. Cum vero hinc oriri possit difficultas, nee gratia ulla
concedi a Sacra Conge nee desiderium dictae Congoi8 Anglicanae im-
pleri, est enim ipsamet Abbatissa quae modo regit, et Priorissa quarum
utraque habet a jure requisita, et propterea praedicta dispensatio nulla
redditur, humiHter supplicatur ut sicut Praeses praedictae Cong'8
obnixe petit clausula ea si nulla alia invenitur qua habet requisita
tollatur, et absolute dispensetur, nee timeri potest ulla in regimine
illius difficultas, cum in praecipuo Confessario Monrn subdatur in
omnibus autem Praesidi Congis et Monrn ejusdem speciali Visitatori
et pro hac gratia et quos Deus &c.
[Endorsed on the foregoing, is the following copy of reply to the pro-
curator of the English Congregation in Rome : — ]
11 S. Benedetto della Congfie Anglicana Illmis et Rfriis Dfiis DD.
Cardinalibus negotiis Episcoporum et Regularium praepositis. 25
Janrii 1630. Arb. Archiepo. Pro Procuratore Congis Angliae ord.
S. Benedicti. II Procuratore della Cong. Anglicana dell' ordine di
S. Benedetto espone che la S.C. a dato facolta d' eleggere in Abba e
Priora del Mon. della Mada di Cambrai una d' eta di 28 el' altra di
24 ann. con la clausula si nulla alia existat habens requisita, e perche
questa clausula rendi la grazia frustatoria o almeno la rend : molto
difficile, di supa per la moderatione di essa stante che una in par-
ticolare e fondatrice e piena di molte qualita e che V Arcivescovo
approva."
[No further document is at Stanbrook, but the result of the negotiation
ivas that Dame Catherine Gascoigne was installed as abbess in that year,
1630, the preference, probably, being given by reason of age. It was
providential, as Dame Gertrude More was carried off by smallpox in the
August of 16 33. Dame Catheri?ie Gascoigne, by repeated quadriennial
elections, governed the Abbey for a period op forty years .]
8 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
[Bull of Pope Urban VIII., 1638, confirming the monastery at
Cambrai, transcribed from a copy formerly in the possession of the
Community \ and now in the Archives Communales de Cambrai, Serie
GG. 241 [Liasse]. A photograph of the text was kindly procured for
Stanbrook Abbey by Dom Edward Benedict Weld-Blundell, O.S.B., in
1909 :— ]
Confirmatio D. Urbani Papae 8i Pro monialibus Sti Benedicti
congregationis anglicanse Cameraci 1638.
Urbanus Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei venerabili fratri archi-
episcopo Cameracensi seu Dilecto filio ejus officiali salutem et apos-
tolicam Benedictionem.
Pro parte congregationis dilectarum in Christo filiarum monialium
ordinis Sancti Benedicti quae ex Anglia ante plures annos ad Civitatem
Cameracensem Pro consequenda Regulari Disciplina et Religionis
catholicse liberiori Professione migrarunt : nobis nuper Expositum
fuit quod quamvis fuerit pro earum habitatione et aliis usibus suis
concessa per quondam Antonium a. Montmorencii tunc Existentem
Abbatem Monasteriorum Sancti Andraeae de Castello et Sancti
Stephani de Fidemio Oppidorum seu locorum Cameracensis Dioecesis
Ejusdem ordinis Certa Domus inter suos notissimos fines in eadem
Civitate Cameracensi sita et ad Dictum Monasterium Sancti Stephani
Spectans Cum eo quod si structura et disciplina regularis in eodem
restauraretur, quae jam pridem ob controversiam inter utrumque
Regem motam an hujusmodi monasterium foret inter Limites
Franciae vel Belgii Collapsa fuit tunc et tali casu pretium dictae
Domus juxta extimationem per peritum assumptum factam in utilitatem
dicti monasterii investiri debeat Eandemque concessionem approba-
vimus cum Decreto quod dicta domus ad formam monasterii per
ordinarium loci produci debeat : Quod De illius Licentia et Consensu
est Effectuatum. Nihilominus tamen dilectus filius Josephus Has-
trugus ordinis Sancti Benedicti et forsan plures alii ejusdem or-
dinis praetendunt hujusmodi concessionem fore et esse invalidam.
Contra quos quia interest dictae congregationis concessionem pre-
fatam indicialiter validam per ordinarium loci declarari quod ipse
seu ipsi absque Speciali Rescripto Apostolico fieri non posse pariter
praetendunt. Ideo pro parte dictae Congregationis nobis fuit humiliter
supplicatum quatenus causam et causas validationis hujusmodi
Concessionis domus ac quam et quas habet et monet habereque
et monere vult et intendit contra praefatos omnesque alios sua quomo-
dolibet interesse praetendentes etiamsi forsan conventum fuerit de et
super praemissis rebusque aliis cum omnibus suis incidentibus, de-
pendentibus, emergentibus, annexis et connexis totoque negotio princi-
pali; et tarn conjunctum quam divisum tibi summarie et pro ut in
beneficialibus audiendam, cognoscendam, fineque debito terminandam
prout juris fuerit cum potestate quos, quando, et quoties et ubi opus
fuerit etiam per Edictum publicum Constito summari et extra indicialiter
de non tuto accessu utendi Sub censuris et Pcenis ejus arbitrio Servata
forma Concilii Tridentini infligendis et applicandis inhibendi, brachi-
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 9
umque saeculare quatenus opus fit invocandi, aliaque faciendi dicendi
gerendi, exercendi et Exequendi in praemissis et circa ea necessaria et
opportuna praemissis nee Constitutionibus et ordinationibus apostolicis
Caeterisque contrariis, non obstantibus quibuscumque committere et
mandare aliasque in praemissis opportune Providere De benignitate
apostolica dignaremur. Nos igitur unicuique justitiam (ut decet) minis-
trari cupientes, ac Singulares personas Congregationis hujusmodi a,
quibus ecclesiasticis Censuris, Si quibus quomodolibet innodati ex-
istunt ad effectum praesentium duntaxat consequendum harum serie
absolventes, fraternitati tuae frater Arch iepisc ope Seu Discretioni tuae
fili officialis per apostolica Scripta mandamus quatenus vocatis ad id
qui fuerint evocandi in praemissis omnibus et singulis autoritate nostra
facias prout dejure fuerit faciendum. Datum Romae apud Sanctum
Petrum anno Incarnationis dominicae 16380 quinto decimo Kalendas
februarii Pontificatus nostri anno 160 Subsignatum erat Maurus C.
Wathour & paulo inferius Baro not : cum paraphis et super plica
H. Odam et a dextro latere Godefridi, et pendet Sigillum plombeum
Urbani Papae Octavi Sub Duplici Cauda.
MANDATUM.
Illustrissimi archiepiscopi Vanderburch Datum Dominae
Catharinae Gascoigne congregationis Benedictinae
Anglicanae Cameracencis Religiosae Pro Reforma-
tione Sororum Sancti Lazari dicta Civitatis Anno
M.DC: XLII.
Franciscus Vanderburch dei et Sanctae Sedis apostolicae gratia
archiepiscopus et dux Cameracensis. S.R. imperii Princeps, Comes
Cameracesii &c.
Universis praesentes inspecturis Salutem in domino, notum facimus
quod praehabito monalium quarum interest de Conventu Monasterii
S. Lazari nostrae Civitatis Cameracensis et Superiorum Benedictino-
rum Congregationis Anglicanae in nostra Provincia Cameracensi Con-
sensu, ordinandam constituendam et nominandam duxerimus pro ut
tenore praesentium ordinamus Constituimus et nominavimus Dominam
Catharinam Gascoigne monasterii Beatae Mariae de Consolatione in
praetacta nostra Civitate Cameracensi dictae Congregationis anglicanae
Monialem.
Expresse Professam veram Legitimam et indubetatam Superiorem
in Rebus omnibus spiritualibus Praefati monasterii Sancti Lazari, hocque
tarn Respectu modernae prefatae ac Superioris quam Earum omnium
quae Reformationis habitum sumere volunt. Omnes enim aliae sub
Pristinae Superioris obedientia Sicut antea manere Debebunt; itaque
volumus et mandamus ut hanc Superioris jurisdictionem et Potestatem
praefata Domina Catharina Gascoigne habeat quoad usque omnia
Recte ordinata, omnesque Religiosae Reformationem amplectentes
competenter instructae Sint in iis quae ad Sancti Benedicti Spectant
institutum et Constitutiones ipsis a nobis ad hunc finem traditas Pro
quibus omnibus addiscendis credimus unius anni Spatium vel circiter
sufficere Posse. Quapropter omnibus et singulis Praenominatis moni-
10 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
alibus Reformationem acceptantibus, Praecipimus in virtute Sanctse
obediential Et sub poenis arbitrio nostro infligendis, quatenus non
tantum ipsam dominam Catharinam Gascoigne in Suam Superiorem
Recipiant, Verum etiam Ei Debitam Reverentiam Et obedientiam
Exhibeant, Ad majorem autem hujus ordinationis nostrae firmitatem
Et Vigorem, Volumus Et mandamus Praesentes nostras litteras legi
Et Publican coram toto Conventu monialium Sancti Lazari Reforma-
tionem Praetactam amplectentium, in Primo Capitulo ab ipsius dominae
Catharinae gascoigne adventu in illius Monasterium.
In Quorum omnium fidem hac litteras Sub Sigillo nostro ac
secretarii nostri Signatura jussimus Expediri Cameraci Calendis
decembris anni M.DC.XLII.
De mandato illmi et Rmi Dni Archipi ptf
[Locus Sigilli]
foulon Secret.
Cum Parapho.
MSS. BY DAME BARBARA CONSTABLE AT EVERINGHAM PARK
[The letter written in the first volume ; and in the same handwriting,
occupies 12 pages {unnumbered), after which comes "The Preface to the
Reders," 24 pages (unnumbered), followed by the Treatise, 602 pages,
ending with the date "June 16, Finis, 1663."]
I.
A Spiritual Treatise, conteininge some advise for seculars composed
by the unworthy Religious Str B.C. of Jesus of the holy Order of Sfc
Benedict in the monastery of Our Lady of Consolation in Cambray
of the English Congregation.
Estote perfecti sicut Pater vester.
Ambula coram me, et esto perfectus : (Gen. 17, 1.)
Nolite contaminare anima vestra : ego sum Dns deus vester
Sanctus estote quia ego sanctus sum. (Lev. n, 44.)
To my most deare brother Sir Marmaduke Constable, I wish all
health and happiness.
My dearest brother since my affection and good will for you is not
lesse then for the rest of my friends to whom according to my poor
capacity I have indeavoured to contribute a little of the expence of the
idle time my condition affords towards the good and sanctifying of
their soules according to the varietie of their conditions and necessities,
tho' less needing then you; All circumstances considered, who being
in a secular state, ingaged in much distraction and incompassed with
all tentations have as much if not more need to be comforted, assisted
and incouraged in ye way of virtue; nor must you think that virtue
is not compatible or belongs not to your estate or condition as well as
others, this is a great error wh. I hope to let you see in this little booke
you are much abused by. God has created all creatures to love and
serve him in the perfectest manner they can ; and such is the force
of Christian grace that it will sanctify all states and conditions of what
profession or trade soever, provided it be lawfull, and to testify the
truth of this, God has exempted none, from the court to the cart, that
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 II
he hath not produced great saints of, as any may see who will but
reade histories. And in the primitive Church, at which time sanctity
most flourished all in a manner, were secular persons charged with
wives & children and the service of their prince and countrie, and
yet the Apostles who preached the evangelicall doctrine in its greatest
purity, preached publickly not only, the maine principles of Christian
doctrine, but even the highest poynts of perfection, witness Sfc Paules'
Epistles, with Sfc Peter, Sfc John, & S* James wh. were writt in common
to all Christians ; and after them their disciples Sfc Ignatius the martyr
& S* Policarp, etc. & even S* Denis writt his high and divine bookes
in that age when religious were rare, altho' indeed he limited it only to
such persons as lived most religiously yet certainly without distinction of
cleargie or secular persons but left it indifferent in that poynt, & yet
the most recluse person cannot practise a higher or more divine
doctrine. I doe not say this that I would indifferently now in this
age recommend such bookes to secular persons, no it is not convenient,
but to lett you see that secular persons have and now may be if they
please as capable of the practise of the highest perfection as religious,
perfection & sanctity are not limited in such narrow bonds as monas-
teries, but rather it is by God's own words of — estote perfecti sicut
pater vester — delivered to the large extent of the whole world. What
greater perfection can be required of the most perfect religious then
is contained in the 10 commandments and other Apostolicall and
Ecclesiasticall doctrines and ordinations, without the observing whereof
none can be saved ; and yet seculars are strictly obliged to the per-
formance of them, if ever they will enjoy eternall beatitude. To love
God above all things & our neighbours as ourselves, the prime com-
mandment ; is a perfection that even the most solitarie and carefull
religious will find enough to doe to attaine to the perfection of them :
and yet none can be saved without indeavouring to practise them
the best they can ; but you will say, perhaps all cannot be saints ;
to which I answer all may arrive to that degree of virtuousness and
sanctity which God has designed them to, that will cooperate with his
grace, which is never wanted to those he sees industrious and desirous
to negotiate for heaven with it, all desire heaven but they will not give
the price for it that God requires for it, and so it is true that God
in fine gives it to whom and as he pleases, as not considering so much
our deeds and desires for it, wh: are truely and indeed far inferior
to the worth of so great a reward as eternall beatitude, yet he will have
us gaine it by our good & virtuous lifes, & you will find yourself much
abused if you thinke a virtuous & perfect life belongs only to ecclesi-
asticke and religious persons ; you may as well thinke & say that
heaven belongs only to them, lett them take it and give me the
pleasures of this world, but this would be a most strange & unchristian
like thought or saying : & yet really in effect so it proves for only those
that lead good lives will gaine heaven, & those that doe not shall
gaine the contrarie ; if then heaven and the enjoying of God for all
eternity be the thing you aim at, as I doubt not it is : sic currite
ut comprehendatis, as the great Apostle advise all christians, so run
the course of your life that you may gaine what you aim at, wh. will
12 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
not be by giving yourself to an idle & vain life, taking pleasure and
seeking after the riches and honours of the world, for as the same
Apostle saith in another place, where he reckons up many that shall
never enter into heaven, neque avari, neque ebriosi, neque maledici,
neque rapaces, regnum dei possidebunt, but many will say they are not
guilty of these crimes, to whom I will answer only thus perhaps not
according to the largest sense of the words, but lay your hand upon
your heart and examine well its affections & desires & the effects they
produce and see whether manny sinnes doe not proceed from these
sources, wh. doe not only defile but hasard your soule. You doe, you
will say, not covett & extort other men's goods wrongfully; but yet
you would be glad to be master of all the treasures of the world
lawfully, & have you not some inordinate & secret desire & wishes
you were so, & would you not take much delight and complaisance
in being so rich, & very loth to loose a pennie of it tho' by way of
alms & charity & doing yr poor neighbour any good, or doe you not
feel a certaine repining & sorrow when by some casuality you loose it ;
if yes, you are not right, this proceeds from the origin of a covetous
desire of having riches for our owne delight & satisfaction & will
indanger salvation if we spend our lives carelessly in it. You say also
you hate drunkenness, & gluttony; but if you delight not only in
eating & drinking abundantly & superflously, but doe spend much
money & cause much paines to be taken in finding out fine delicfous
inventions only for the pleasing of your sensuall appetite, wh. serves
rather for the destruction then maintaining & nourishing your bodily
health & strength, this is not right, take heed you find not your part
among drunkards & gluttons, or at least, by these and other such
inordinations wh. are nowadays much practised by most & the sins
thereof not much regarded, you come not at last to be of the number
of those, qui non possidebunt regnum dei. In fine not to be tedious
to you in this my dedication, consider that you are now in those last
days, et periculosa tempora, when homines erant seipsos amantes, etc.
I endeavour for you by these following advise, which if you take
as much paines to practise as I have done to gather and unite them
together, I shall hope to receive the comfort I desire, wh. is to meet
you in eternity for wh. I shall offer my poor prayers as long as I shall
live & be able to say, I am
ever yours to com.
S. B. C.
Finis June 16. 1663.
II.
[A small volume of the same size and writing^
"A little Instruction to teach a Secular Woman how she should
live, &c. Translated out of an old French Author without a name."
[On the fly-leaf is the autograph " Ann Constable, 1695," and in
later writing — "A nun born 1654, daughter of Sir Mar. Constable
& Ann, d. of Tho. Sherburn of Stonyhurst " — She was baptized April
21, 1655, and her mother was the dau. of Richard Sherborne. She was
a nun O.S.A., and died Feb, 10, 1705. At the end of the volume, which
consists of "650 pages, is the date " Nbvem. Finis. 1666."]
DAME BARBARA CONSTABLE, O.S.B.
From the original painting (presumably by Robert Walker) at
Burton Constable, the seat of Major Walter George
Raleigh Chichester-Constable, J. P., D.L.
Cath. Rec. Soc. XIII.
To face p. 12.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793
13
Archives Communales de Cambrai.
GG Liesse 241.
27 Juin 1793.
Citoyens, president etc.
Les Dames Angloises ne doutent nullement de la bonte des
citoyens composant le Comite de la Section D de Cambrai envers
elles. Elles s'empressent de satisfaire a leurs ordres, et si elles ne
trouvent pas dans Particle XI cite du Decret du 21 Mars, qu'elles
soient incluses dans la loi qui regarde les Etrangers, elles supposent
que le nombre XI a ete mis par meprise, etant fermement persuadees
que vous ne les auriez comprises, si elles ne Petoient pas en effet.
Pour nous conformer done a vos ordres nous vous envoyons les
noms et ages et les lieux de naissance de toutes les Anglois ou
etrangers composant notre famille
nee a Frickleyen laComteedeYork.
nee a Tournay de parents ecossais.
nee h. Winchester, Hampshire,
nee a Prescot, Lancashire.
neeaHaggerston, Northumberland.
nee a. Pennystone dans le Comte
de Yorkshire.
nee a Childon, Lancashire.
nee a Londres Angleterre.
nee a Bryantown en Maryland.
nee a Marketraisen, Lincolnshire.
nee dans Walton en la Comte de
Lancashire.
nee Huttington, Buckinghamshire.
nee a. Broughton, Lancashire.
nee Walton en la Comte de Lan-
cashire.
nee a Dublin en Irlande.
nee a Winchester, Hampshire.
nee a Lisbona en Portugal de
parents Anglais.
nee a Sephton, Lancashire.
nee a Sephton, Lancashire.
nee a Cottham, Lancashire.
ne dans la paroisse de Dean Lan-
cashire.
James Higginson Chaplain, age 29 ne a Standish, Lancashire.
Elles esperent que cette liste satisfera en plain aux desirs et attente
du Comite auquel elles protestent toute la soumission qui lui est due.
En Notre Maison a Cambrai ce 27 Juin 1793
Abbesse
et Procuratrice.
[This draft bears the following endorsement.']
" These papers belong to Str Ann Teresa. The originals were sent
M. Anselm Ann, agee de 78 ans
M . Jeanne Alexander, agee de 7 7 ans
M. Frangois Sheldon, agee de 7 2 ans
M.Margarite Burgess, ageede7oans
M. Bernarde Haggerston, agee de
66 ans
M. Lucie Blyde, agee de 63 ans
Anne Francoise Pennington, agee 58
Therese Joseph Walmesley, agee 5 2
M. Louise Hagan, agee 52
Ann Joseph Knight, agee 50
Ann Therese Partington, agee 47
M. Magdeleine Kimberley, agee 46
Scholastica Caton, agee 43
M. Benedicte Partington, agee 40
M. Bernarde Barn wall, agee 35
Martha Fryer, agee 31
M. Agnes Robinson, agee 30
M. Teresa Shepherd, agee 30
M. Augustine Shepherd, agee 28
Joseph Miller, agee 25
Augustin Walker Directeur, age 7 2
14 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
to the Section D June the 27, 1793, to comply with an order sent by
the said Section which required us to give in the names, ages and
places of birth of all our Nuns."
As the existing catalogue of the community printed hereafter is not a
complete register of the community, it is deemed advisable at this point to
insert brief notes on the names appearing in the above prison list.
Dame Elizabeth Anselma Anne, born in 1715, was the third daughter of
Marmaduke Anne, ofFrickley Hall and Burghwallis Hall, co. York, Esq.,
by Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Plumpton, of Plumpton Hall, co. York,
Esq. Her father was son of Michael Anne, Esq., and his wife the Hon.
Jane Langdale, daughter of Marmaduke, 2nd Lord Langdale of Holme.
She was professed in 1735, and died in the prison at Compiegne Jan. SI,
1794> a glorious follower in the footsteps of her collateral ancestor the
blessed martyr John Anne, who suffered death for his priesthood and the
Catholic faith at York on March 16, 1588-9.
Dame Jane Alexander, born of Scotch parentage at Tournai in 17 14,
prof. 1757, accompanied the community after release from prison to Woolton,
where she died June 17, 1799.
Dame Elizabeth Frances Sheldon, born 1720, was daughter of William
Sheldon, of the Manor of Lower Ditchford, co. Warwick, and of the city of
Winchester, Esq., by his second wife, Anastatia, daughter of Bartholomew
Smith, of Winchester, Esq. Her father's first wife, Catherine, daughter of
Christopher Roper, 5th Lord Teynham, was the mother of the two nuns
Catherine and Mary, who died in 1723 and 1756 respectively. Elizabeth
was professed in 1740, accompanied the nuns to Woolton after their release
from prison, and died at Salford Hall, July 14, 1808.
Dame Margaret Burgess, born 1721, prof. 1749, and her sister Dame
Scholastica Burgess, who died at Cambrai, Sept. 16, 1770, were daughters
of Robert Burgess, of Cronton, in Prescot, co. Lancaster, a Catholic non-
juror in 1 717, who, as a husbandman, registered a small leasehold farm.
Dame Margaret died in prison at Compiegne, April 3, 1794. Her brother
Thomas removed to a farm called the Hawkslough at Clayton Brook, in
the parish of Leyland, and had several children, of whom Dom James Bede
Burgess, O.S.B., born in 1768, died in 1837 ; Thomas, the third son, a
joiner in Clayton-le- Woods, married Cecily Gregson, of Gregson Lane in
Brindle, and was father of the Rt. Rev. Thomas Burgess, Bishop of Clifton,
born 1791, died 1854; Julia, married Edward Swarbrick, of Blackburn,
grocer, and was mother of two lay-sisters of that name who died at Stan-
brook Abbey ; and Ann, wife of Mr. Abbot, was mother of the Rev. Thomas
Abbot.
Dame Elizabeth Bernard Haggerston, born 1725, was daughter of Sir
Carnaby Haggerston, of Haggerston Castle, co. Northumberland, 3rd
Bart., by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Peter Middelton, of Stockeld,
co. York, Esq. When the nuns obtained their release from prison and
came over to England, in May 1794, Dame Bernard was too ill to proceed,
and was conveyed to Sutton Place, Guildford, co. Surrey, the residence of
John Webbe- Weston, Esq., who had recently married, as his 2nd wife, her
niece Mary, eldest daughter of William Haggerston-Constable. There she
succumbed to the hardships she had undergone, and was buried at Holy
Trinity, Guildford, July 16, 1795. Her eldest brother, Thomas, succeeded
to the baronetcy. Her second brother, William, assumed the additional
name of Constable upon succeeding to the Everingham estates in con-
formity with the settlement of Sir Marmaduke Constable, 4th and last
Bart., whose sister Anne, daughter of Sir Philip Mark Constable, 3rd Bart.,
and his wife Margaret, daughter of Francis Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Derwent-
water, was the wife of William, second but eldest surviving son of Sir
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 15
Thomas Haggerston, 2nd Bart., and father of Sir Carnaby Haggerston,
3rd Bart. William Haggerston-Constable married the Lady Winifred
Maxwell, daughter and heiress of John, Lord Maxwell, who assumed the
title of Earl of Nithsdale upon the death of his father, the attainted Lord
Nithsdale, and from him descends the present representative of the family,
the Duchess of Norfolk, eldest daughter and coheiress of the late Lord
Herries.
Dame Mary Lucy Blyde, born in 1729 at Penistone, co. York, was
abbess at the time of the seizure of the convent, having been appointed to
that dignity in the preceding year upon the death of the Abbess Mary Clare
Knight, Oct. 30, 1792, and so continued till 1802. She was prof. 1756,
and died at Salford, Aug. 12, 18 16.
Sister Anne Frances Pennington, lay-sister, born in 1734 at Garston, in
the parish of Childwall, co. Lancaster, died in the prison at Compiegne,
Feb. 6, 1794.
Dame Teresa Joseph Walmesley, born in 1739, was the only child of
Thomas Walmesley, of London, 4th son of John Walmesley, of Wigan, who
was son of John Walmesley by his second wife, Margaret, dau. of William
Plesington, of Dimples Hall, Esq., and aunt of the martyr, the Rev. John
Plesington. She was prof. 1759, and died in the prison at Compiegne, Jan.
21, 1794.
Dame Louisa Hagan, born at Bryantown in Maryland in 1740, was
professed in 1763, returned to England with the community, and died at
Salford, June 6, 181 1.
Dame Elizabeth Anne-Joseph Knight, born in 1742, was a younger sister
of the Abbess Mary Clare Knight, (born 1740, prof. 1765, elected to that
dignity in the year of her death, which occurred Oct. 30, 1792). They were
daughters of Arnold Knight, of Buslingthorpe, co. Lincoln, by his wife
Anne, daughter of Marmaduke Anne, of Frickley Hall and Burghwallis
Hall, co. York, Esq., and sister of Dame Elizabeth Anselma Anne above.
Their grandmother Elizabeth Anne, nee Plumpton, married 2ndly William
Knight (vide C.R.S. vol. iv.), who subsequently resided at Frickley Hall.
Their brother Alexander Knight settled at Sixhills Grange, co. Lincoln,
and was the father of Sir Arnold James Knight, M.D., whose son Edmund
became bishop of Shrewsbury in 1879. Dame Elizabeth Anne-Joseph was
professed in 1765, came over with the community to Woolton, and died at
Salford, March 2, 1813.
Dame Elizabeth Anne Teresa Partington, born in 1744, was prof.
1775, daughter of Thomas Partington, of Walton-le-Dale, co. Lancaster,
and first cousin to Dom John Basil Brindle, O.S.B., and his sister Dame
Ellen Mary Placid Brindle, O.S.B., of Paris, came with the community to
Woolton, and died at Salford, Sept. 4, 1820. She was sister to Dame Mary
Benedicta below.
Sister Magdalen Kimberley, lay-sister, born in 1745 at Hutington [?],
co. Bucks, professed 1767, accompanied the community to England, and
died at Woolton, June 17, 1802.
Sister Anne Scholastica Caton, born 1749, was daughter of John Caton,
of Broughton, near Preston, co. Lancaster, yeoman, and his wife Anne
Gregson, both of very good Catholic families. Her brother, the Rev.
Thomas Caton, died at Cottam, the ancient seat of the Haydocks, in 1826,
aged 70. She returned to England with the community, and died at
Salford, Feb. 13, 1830.
Dame Mary Benedicta Partington, born 1751, prof. 1772, sister of Eliza-
beth above, came over with the community, and died at Salford, Dec. 28,
1826.
Dame Margaret Bernarda Barnewall, born in Dublin in 1756, of an
ancient Irish family, after her release from prison obtained permission to
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join the Trappistines, and died at the convent at Stapehill, co. Dorset,
Aug. 20, 1835.
Sister Martha Fryar, lay-sister, born at Winchester, co. Hants, in 1761,
returned to England with the community, and died at Salford, Jan. 2,
1825.
Dame Martha Agnes Robinson, born at Lisbon in 1761, of a good
English family having associations with Lisbon, prof. 1781, after her release
from prison came over with the community, was abbess 1806-14, and again
1818-22, and died at Salford, June II, 1830.
Dame Anne Mary Teresa Shepherd, born at Sefton in 1762, prof. 1782,
came of the very highly respected Lancashire Catholic family noted in
C.R.S. vol. vi. p. 112. After her return to England she was abbess at
Woolton 1802-6, and died at Salford, June 12, 1809.
Dame Helen Augustina Shepherd, sister to above, born in 1764, prof.
1783, came over with the community to Woolton, was abbess 18 14-18, and
died at Salford, Feb. 12, 1818.
Sister Jane Josepha Miller, lay-sister, born 1766, was daughter of Joseph
Miller, of Cottam, co. Lancaster, by Agnes, daughter of Ralph ffidler, of
ffidlers in Lea, and his wife Jennet, daughter of Robert Haydock, of Leach
Hall in Bartell. The Millers had long been tenants of the Haydocks of Cottam
Hall, and from them was descended Bishop John Milner, V.A.-M.D., who
reverted to the ancient spelling of his name. She was clothed at Cambrai,
and after her release from prison accompanied the nuns to Woolton, where
she was prof, in March, and died July 15, 1796.
Dom George Augustine Walker, born in 1720, son of George Walker,
yeoman, who in 17 17 was residing in Aspull, co. Lancaster, and as a
Catholic non-juror registered a house at Deane, to which subsequently he
must have removed, as his son declares he was born there. He was pro-
fessed at Paris in 1743, and became president-general of the English
Benedictine Congregation in 1777, an office which he held till death in the
prison at Compiegne, Jan. 13, 1794. When the Revolution had commenced
he took upon himself to be vicar of the nuns at Cambrai in 1790, and went
to prison with them.
Dom James Higginson, born at Standish in 1764, son of a tenant of
the Dicconsons, of Wrightington Hall, was professed at the Benedictine
Monastery at Douay in 1785, became socius to Fr. Walker at Cambrai
in 1792, and died on the mission at Birtley, co. Durham, Dec. 13, 1835.
[The following extracts from the Mairie de Compiegne were made for
Stanbrook by Mgr. de Teil, Vice-postulator of the Cause of the Sixteen
Martyrs of the Carmel of Compiegne?^
MAIRIE DE COMPlfeGNE.
(Oise)
Extrait du registre des actes de l'Etat civil pour l'Anne 1794.
Deces Marie Anselme Ann. [In margin.]
L'An second de la Republique franchise une indivisible et im-
perissable, le quintidi vingtcinq Nivose a dix heures du matin,
Pardevant moi Joseph Roger notable de la Commune de Compiegne
y demeurant nomme par deliberation du Conseil General d'icelle
du vingt sept Brumaire dernier pour recevoir les actes destines
a constater }es naissances, manages et deces des citoyens de
la section du Nord dudit Compiegne, districts de Compiegne, de-
partement de POise ; sont comparus en ladite Commune, les citoyens
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francois Guay, Commissaire en la maison de reclusion dudit Compiegne,
sise rue du Salut public demeurant en cette commune age de trente un
ans, Alexandre Pierre Gabriel Scellier, maire de cette commune, age
de quarante-deux ans, Pierre Louis Herbet, agent national de la meme
commune age de quarante-six ans et de Pierre Jean Boissel officier
municipal de la susdite commune, tous les quatre demeurant en la
section du Nord dudit Compiegne ; le premier, place de la revolution,
le dernier, rue de Pierrefonds et les deux autres rue du Vieux Pont,
lesquels nous ont declare que la citoyenne Marie Anselme Ann, native
de frickly dans la province de yorkshire en angleterre, arretee a Cambrai,
departement du Nord, le treize octobre dernier en vertu du decret
contre les etrangers et amene en ladite maison de reclusion dudit
Compiegne ou elle est arrivee le vingt trois dudit mois d'Octobre dernier
suivant le proces verbal dudit jour, y etait morte et decedee ce jourd'hui
vingt cinq nivose present mois a quatre heures du matin a Page de
soixante-dix-neuf ans, d'apres cette declaration je me suis sur le champ
transporte en ladite maison de reclusion, ou etant et parvenus dans une
salle au premier sur la gauche ou logent les religieux detenus, je me
suis assure du deces de ladite Marie Anselme Ann, ci-dessus denommee
et j'ai du tout fait et r^dige sur le champ le present acte en presence
desdit citoyens Scellier, Herbet et Boisset temoins ci-dessus denommes
qui l'ont certifie conforme a la verite et signe avec moi ; fait en la maison
commune dudit Compiegne les jours mois etan susdits. — signe au
registre : Boissel, Herbet, Scellier, Maire. — D&ivre sur papier libre
pour simple renseignement. Choved.
Deces Georges Augustin Walker. [In margin.]
Aujourd'hui quartidi vingtquatre Nivose Tan deuxieme de la
r^publique franchise, une, Indivisible, et Imperissable a cinq heures du
soir, pardevant moi Joseph Roger membre du Conseil General de la
Commune de Compiegne y demeurant, nomme par deliberation d'icelui
du vingt sept brumaire dernier pour recevoir les actes destines a constater
les naissances, manages et deces des citoyens de la section du nord
dudit Compiegne, district de Compiegne departement de l'Oise,sont com-
parus en ladite commune les citoyens Alexandre Pierre Gabriel Scellier,
Maire de cette commune age de quarante deux ans, Pierre Louis
Hubert agent national de la meme commune age de quarante six ans
et de Pierre Jean Boissel officier municipal de la susditte commune age
de cinquante six ans, tous les trois demeurant en la section du Nord
dudit compiegne, les deux premiers, rue du Vieux pont et le dernier rue
de Pierrefond, lesquels nous ont declare que Georges Augustin Walker
citoyen Anglais pretre catholique des dames religieuses anglaises de
Cambray departement du Nord detenues en cette commune, lequel est
natif de la province de l'ancashie en angleterre, age de soixante treize
ans, et etait entre a la maison de reclusion dudit Compiegne, sise rue
du Salut Public, le quatre frimaire dernier en vertu du decret qui
ordonne que tous les etrangers seront mis en arrestation y etait mort et
decede ce jourd'hui vingt quatre Nivose, present mois a. deux heures
du matin, d'apres cette declaration je me suis sur le champ transporte
en laditte maison de reclusion ou etant parvenus dans une chambre au
XIII. B
1 8 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
second a gauche du corridor faisant face a l'escalier je me suis assure
du deces dudit Georges Augustin Walker ci-dessus denomme, et j'ai
du tout fait et redige sur le champ le present acte en presence desdits
citoyens Scellier, Herbet, Boissel temoins ci-dessus denommes qui l'ont
certifie conforme a la verite et signe avec moi ; fait en la maison com-
mune dudit Compiegne les jours mois etan susdits.
Signe au registre : Boissel, Herbet, Scellier maire.
Pour copie conforme au registre delivree sur papier libre pour
simple renseignement.
Compiegne, le huit Janvier mil huit cent quatre vingt seize.
Le Senateur, Maire
L. S. Choved.
Extrait du registre des actes de l'Etat Civil de la Ville de Compiegne
pour l'annee 1794.
Deces Pinnington Anne Francoise. [In margin.]
Ce jourd'hui dix huit pluviose Tan second de la republique francaise,
une indivisible et imperissable, a neuf heures du matin, pardevant moi
Joseph Roger Membre du Conseil General de la Commune de Com-
piegne y demeurant, nomme par deliberation d'icelui le vingt sept
brumaire dernier pour rediger les actes destines a constater les
naissances, manages et deces des citoiens de la section du Nord
dudit Compiegne district du meme lieu, departement de l'Oise,
sont comparus les citoiens Alexandre Pierre Gabriel Seillier, Maire
de cette commune age de quarante deux ans, Pierre Louis Herbet
agent National de la meme commune, age de quarante-six ans
et francois Guay commissaire de la maison de reclusion, juge
en la section du Nord dudit Compiegne, rue du salut Public, age
de trente deux ans, tous trois demeurant en laditte section, de
laditte commune les deux premiers rue du Vieux Pont et l'autre
place de la revolution, lesquels nous ont declare que la citoienne
Anne francoise Pinnington, religieuse anglaise, demeurant a Cambray,
district du meme lieu departement du nord agee de cinquante neuf ans
ou environ, native de Nooton, Village de la province de Lannghire en
Angleterre, arretee audit Cambray comme etrangere et amenee en ladite
maison de reclusion dudit compiegne le vingt deux octobre dernier,
suivant le proces verbal quy en a ete redige ledit jour et ou elle a ete
detenue depuis ce temps, y etait morte et deced^e ce jourd'hui a quatre
heures du matin, d'apres cette declaration, je me suis sur le champ
transporte en laditte maison de reclusion, ou etant et parvenu dans une
salle du premier a gauche, ou logent les religieuses detenues, je me suis
assure du deces de laditte Anne Francoise Pinnington et j'ai fait et redige
sur le champ le present acte que lesdits citoiens Alexandre Pierre
gabriel Seillier, pierre Louis herbet et Francois Gay, ont certifie con-
forme a la verite et l'ont tous signe avec moi, fait en la maison commune
dudit Compiegne les jour, mois et an susdits.
signe au registre ; Seillier herbet, Gay, Roger.
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Extrait des actes de l'Etat-Civil.
De'ces Burgess Marguerite. [In margin.]
Ce jourdliui quatorze Germinal, Tan second de la republique
francaise, une indivisible et imperissable a cinq heures du soir,
pardevant moi Joseph Roger Membre du Conseil general de la
Commune de Compiegne y demeurant, nomme par deliberation
d'icelui le vingt sept brumaire dernier pour recevoir les actes
destines a constater les naissances, Manages et d^ces des citoiens
de la section du Nord dudit Compiegne, district du raeme lieu
ddpartement de Poise, sont comparus en la maison commune
susditte de Compiegne, les citoiens, Alexandre Pierre Gabriel
Scellier, maire de cette Commune, age de quarante deux ans, Pierre
Louis Herbet agent national de la meme commune age de quarante
six ans et Louis Cardon, commissaire de la Maison de Reclusion sise
en la section du nord dudit Compiegne rue du Salut public age de
cinquante ans, tous les trois demeurant audit Compiegne, les deux
premiers rue du Vieux Pont et l'autre rue du Plat d'etain, lesquels
m'ont declare que la citoienne Marie Marguerite Burgess, religieuse
anglaise demeurante ci-devant a Cambrai district d'idem d^partement
du Nord, agee de soixante douze ans native de Wigan, province de
l'Enkashire en angleterre, ArrStee audit Cambrai comme etrangere
le treize octobre dernier, et amenee en ladite maison de reclusion dudit
Compiegne, le vingt deux octobre dernier, suivant le proces verbal qui
en a ete" redige ledit jour et ou elle a 6t6 detenue depuis ce temps, y
est morte et decedee aujourd'hui a deux heures de relevee, d'apres
cette declaration je me suis sur le champ transporte en la susdite
maison de reclusion ou etant et parvenu dans une des salles aupremier
a gauche ditte l'infirmerie et au bout de la grande salle ou logent les
religieuses detenues je me suis assure du deces de ladite Marguerite
Burgess et j'ai sur le champ fait et redige le present acte que lesdits
citoiens Scellier Herbet et Cardon ont certifie conforme a la verite et
l'ont tous signe avec moi, fait en la maison Commune dudit Compiegne
les jour, mois et an susdit.
Signe ; Scellier, herbet, Cardon.
[There are at Stanbrook two manuscripts in different handwriting,
but evidently of nearly the same date, giving the following "Narrative"
with scarcely an alteration of a word. One is signed by the writer,
Dame Ann Teresa Partington, and is the more valuable of the two,
being quite original. At Stonyhurst there is another manuscript copy
of this same, bound up with other matter. The nuns at Stanbrook,
having some years ago collated its text with their own manuscripts, found
hardly any difference in words, save just improvements in style here and
there. One important omission in their manuscripts was found supplied in
the Stonyhurst MS., i.e. the name of Dame Margaret Burgess, the fourth
of the Community who fell a victim to prison hardship, expiring there
on April 3, 1794. Though no doubt ever existed as to this fact, the
Stanbrook nuns were glad to find the missing name. Evidently it had
escaped the memory of Dame Ann Teresa Partington when writing her
Narrative under difficulties; the later date, April $rd, separating
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D. Margaret's fate from that of the other three nuns in January and
February. D. Margarefs name is in the Necrology ', and her death
register^ made by the prison authorities^ is given above. The date at
which the Narrative ivas written was evidently 1796, or early in 1797.
This manuscript ivas of very great value in the Process of the Blessed
Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne.]
A Brief Narrative of the Seizure of the Benedictine Dames of Cambray,
of their Sufferings while in the hands of the French Republicans,
and of their arrival in England. By one of the religious, who
was an eyewitness to the events She relates.
[Signed] Ann Teresa Partington.
In the Summer of the Year 1793, the allied armies being near the
gates of Cambray, the Religious were repeatedly ordered in the most
threatening manner by the District of Cambray to lay in provisions for
Six months against the Siege that was then expected to take place.
They accordingly provided themselves with such a Stock of Necessaries
as their finances would allow them to purchase. From the commence-
ment of the unhappy troubles, they had been constantly alarmed, by the
visits, or decrees of the Agents in the Revolution who were no where
more outrageous than at Cambray. But the Nuns not being conscious
of having given any offence were willing to flatter themselves that they
were in some safety. However on Sunday October 13th 1793 the
District of Cambray sent four of their Creatures to fix the public Seal
on the papers and effects belonging to the Nuns. These Commis-
sioners arrived at the Convent about half past eight at night. The
Religious were retired to their Cells having to rise at Midnight to
perform their Matins Office so that it was some minutes before Lady
Abbess Lucy Blyde could open the Inclosure Door; at which they
seemed displeased. The Very Revd Mr. Walker, who out of a motive
of charity assisted the Nuns as their Spiritual Director; was only just
recovering from a very dangerous illness and was in bed, but on hearing
what was going forward got up and came into the Convent.
All the Nuns being assembled, one of the men who seemed the
most cruel of the Company read a very long paper the purport of
which was that all the Effects belonging to the Nuns were confiscated
to the Nation. Mr. Walker began to expostulate with them, but their
brutality soon silenced him. They then proceeded to fix the seals
on all the Books, papers, &c, belonging to the Lady Abbess and
Dame Procuratrix Dame A. T. Partington, threatening them all the
while how severely they should be punished in case they concealed
the smallest article of their property. Having secured everything, they
told the Nuns that they were now prisoners, and then they wrote a
long account of their proceeding, at the close of which they added
by the desire of the Community that the religious wished to remain
prisoners in their Convent under a Guard rather than be removed to
any other place of confinement. This paper the Lady Abbess and
Procuratrix signed. They went out of the Monastery about Eleven
o'clock to put the public Seals on everything in the outward buildings
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and apartments one of which was appointed for the use of the Con-
fessor, this they did with the utmost Severity. They then arrested
the Revd Messrs Walker and Higginson, the last mentioned was a
young religious man who in consideration of the age and declining
health of the former had been some months before appointed to assist
him. To prevent them from having any Conversation with the Nuns
they took them away instantly. It was near Twelve when the Guards
conducted them to prison. Mr. Walker was quite broken with age and
infirmity. The Nuns had the affliction of seeing all that passed from
their adjoining Convent. They thought they were dragging them to
prison for immediate execution, but Providence kindly reserved them
to be their Support in another place of Suffering. What the religious
felt on the occasion may be better imagined than expressed.
That Night they confined them in the Town house. Next morning
they were removed to the Bishop's Seminary which formerly belonged
to the Jesuits but was then turned into what they called a Maison de
Detention. There they remained till the 20th of Novr 1793, deprived
of the most common Necessaries. They were once, a day and a half,
without any other food than one bit of Bread. They began to suspect
that their death was to be effected by their being left to Starve. No
one durst serve them with Victuals. They wrote to many Inn keepers
and assured them of immediate payment for the scanty Sustinence
they asked for, but so hateful was the name of a Priest in Cambray,
and the people so terrified at what they saw going on, that no answer
was ever returned. They could not prevail even with a Barber to
venture to attend them. At length a good woman Marie Demal who
had lived Servant with the Nuns, hearing of their distress, had the
courage to visit them instantly and in spite of every danger and
difficulty provided Victuals for them the best she could get. She con-
tinued her charitable assistance till they were removed to Compiegne.
Mr. Walker frequently said afterwards that she had saved his life.
But to return to the Nuns. From the moment the Commissioners
from the District entered their house on Sunday Night, they found
themselves Strictly Guarded, but they were still made to hope that
they might remain in their Convent as they had desired, even some
of the members of the District assured them in the most Solemn
Manner that there was no danger of their being (?) from it. That
this was all treachery the Nuns were afterwards well assured — for the
day after this Solemn promise had been made them, Friday the 1 8th of
Octr 1793, they were seized upon by a body of light horse Guards, part
of whom surrounded the Street Door whilst the rest entered into their
Convent with a crowd of blackguards at their heels. A very brutal
Man sent by the District of Cambray was at their Head. When he
came up to the Inclosure Door his first question was, have you laid in
a provision for Six months. On being assured that that had been
done, he seemed for an instant at a loss what to say, but after a short
pause he gave orders that the Nuns should be totally out of their
house in half a quarter of an hour and that they should take neither
Trunk nor Box with them. He only allowed each one of them a
small bundle. His figure and manner of speaking appeared so savage
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and insulting that the Nuns were in the Greatest Terror, so that
amidst the hurry and Confusion of so sudden a Calamity overwhelmed
with sorrow at being thus turned out of their beloved abode, and for
want of sufficient time to make up their bundles, many of the Nuns
went away with only the Clothes they had on. At this afflicting moment,
the future want of every necessary found no place in their Minds — they
were Stupified with grief. The Procuratrix, however, petitioned to
carry off a small Book where was written a few memorandums very
useful to her, but the 111 natured Man to whom she addressed herself
wrested the Book from her hands telling her at the same time to fetch
Brandy for the Hussars, which she instantly was obliged to do, while
the barbarous man was running about the house with a club in his
hand ready to make any one feel the weight of it who did not make
haste to be gone. Thus in less than half an hour they were completely
turned out of their whole property without being able to learn from
any one what was to be their fate. They thought Death would soon
have followed and expected every moment to see the fatal Gullotine.
In the Street they found one coach and two carts, each of them
Strongly Guarded by a detachment of Hussars on horseback with
Naked Swords. The Nuns were soon hurried away — the Hussars
seemed much displeased at this barbarous usage. Some of them
Shed Tears, and on the way with the most feeling compasion, They
even lent their Cloaks to those of the religious who were in the
uncovered Carts to keep them from Starving. Through the whole
dismal journey of five days, they did all they could to soften the
hardships they saw the Nuns exposed to on all Sides, but it was not
in their power to hinder the populace from leading the religious with
insulting language wherever they past. Besides when the Nuns
arrived in any Town to pass the Night they were guarded by the
Soldiers who did duty at the prison in which they happened to be
lodged ; among them they met with a variety of insults, insomuch that
they always dreaded the approach of Night. The Nuns were Twenty
in number and a Novice upon probation when they were expelled from
their Convent (Viz)
Mary Anselm Ann. Margaret Burgess. Teresa Walmesley.
Jane Alexander. Elizth Haggerston. Louisa Hagan.
Elizth Sheldon. Mary Blyde. Abbess. Elizth Knight.
Elizth Partington. Mary Barnwall. Ann Shepherd.
Mary Partington. Agnes Robinson. Helen Shepherd.
Lay Sisters.
Ann Pennington. Magd Kimberley. Martha Friar.
Louisa Lefebevre. Ann Cayton. Jane Miller Novice.
The Hussars who Conducted them did not at first know whither the
Nuns were to be taken. They were Strangers to the Country; had
been sent for from some distance for the grand purpose of carrying
Prisoners from Cambray. They received orders every Night how they
were to proceed the following day. At last the Nuns found that the
appointed place of their Captivity was Compiegne where, being at a
distance from every friend, they must have little, or no hope of
recovering any part of their large property.
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The first Night, Friday, they were lodged in a very ruinous place
at Bapaume ; it had the appearance of having been a Convent, it was
almost destroyed, the Windows all broken &c : The violence of the
rabble was so great here, that the Nuns were very happy to be taken
out of the Carts into any place like a house. The Mayor of this Town
was a native of Cambray and was well known to the Nuns, one of
his Sisters having had her education among them, but he now knew
nothing of them nor showed them any favour. He was highly displeased
at their being in the religious dress, and said the people of Cambray
had acted against the Law by not making them Shun a dress which
the law had prescribed.
The jailor of this prison seemed a quiet man, and his Daughter
was so kind as to buy the Nuns two faggots, some very Brown Bread,
and a kettle of boiling water. They made Tea, but Sugar and milk
were delicates not to be thought of, or at least not to be had. They
were so exhausted with grief, and the fatigue they had gone through
that day, that most of them could not eat the Bread. They laid their
wearied bodies on the floor, and they spread a few bundels they had
brought with them to Stretch their limbs upon, and even in this State
they were frequently disturbed by the Guards looking through the
broken Windows.
The next night (Saturday) they past at Peronne in the Citidal.
Here they were Guarded by the National Troops, whose brutality can
hardly be described. Nothing could be more disagreeable than their
language and behaviour. A Woman who appeared to belong to one
of them molested the Nuns by every means she could. However
amongst all this cruel treatment They had the comfort to meet with
some friends. A Woman whose Father in better times had been
employed by the Nuns had the courage to make her way to them
in the Prison. She and her Husband bought for them Bread, small
Beer and a few Boiled Eggs, which was really a treat. Some of the
Nuns had eat nothing for two days. Here they found a few Bed-stocks
full of dirty straw, on which the Soldiers had Slept apparently for some
months. The Nuns for a time were much afraid of the consequence
they might procure by lying down upon it : at last excessive weariness
overcame that difficulty, but there was no rest to be found in this place
of horror, the Soldiers were passing to and fro the greater part of the
Night, even through the room which had been assigned to the Nuns.
Next morning by the favour of an Irish Lady, who was there in
Arrestation, the Nuns had one cup of Tea before the Hussars came
to summon them to continue their tedious Journey.
On Sunday Night they rested at Ham. On their arrival there was,
as they expected a great Stir among the rabble, each one crying out
Aristocrates to the Guillotine, but this Language was become so familiar
to the Nuns, that it had lost much of the effect it had at first. The
Prison they were lodged in being at the Skirts of the Town they got
out of the Carts with fewer of the Mob attending them than usual.
Not to be insulted to a great degree now seemed a favour. The
Governor of this place happened to be in Town, an humane Man.
He gave orders that the Nuns should have a room to themselves and
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allowed them clean straw, which was Spread all over the floor. They
were happy to lye down upon it, and the Night passed without any
noise or Interruption. They were also permitted to buy a Candle,
and, what was more to their purpose, something to eat. Next morning
the Governor calld upon them and on parting with them recommended
himself to their prayers. They attributed this shew of kindness to the
good will of a poor woman, who had the care of the prison. She had
lived at Cambray, in the neighbourhood of the Nuns, and she seemed
to be much affected on seeing them in their present distress. It gave
her particular concern to see them go in Carts, while all the other
prisoners (a few men excepted) were carried in Coaches to their several
destinations. She thought as every one did, that the Nuns were
exposed in Carts for no other end, than that they might be the more
insulted.
Monday Night they stopt at Noyon. It is impossible to describe
the fright they were in on their arrival there : the Carts had no sooner
Stop't in the Market place, than thousands of people assembled in
the most riotous manner around them. For Nuns to appear in the
religious Dress was at that time the worst of crimes. Some talked
of tearing them to pieces, others said they would bury them alive with
their prescribed Dress. The Hussars repeatedly endeavoured to speak
in their favour but so great was the Noise and the tumult among the
populace, which in a Short time had increased to a dreadful number,
that not a word could be heard. Not only the streets, but the windows
and the tops of some houses, were full of Spectators. The Hussars
finding it impossible to keep any order, Sent for the Soldiers quartered
in the Town, by whose assistance the Nuns were at last taken out of
the Carts, half dead with fear, after having been detained in the Market
place near an hour, amidst a variety of the most outrageous insults
and threats. One instance alone may shew the Temper of the people
in their regard; one -of the Nuns Mary T. Shepherd when she was
taken out of the cart being Scarcely able to stand fell against the horse
which was at side of her. The Beast immediately Struck her at which
the rabble set up the most insulting Shouts, and clap'd their hands
for joy.
The Soldiers, who came to assist the Hussars, guarded the Nuns
that Night, were extremely civil to them ; one of them, a very young
man, wept most bitterly out of compassion ; they conducted them to
a decent Inn instead of the common prison, and they allowed them
to call for whatever they could pay for. Two Officers took particular care
of them, the younger of whom for a time could not refrain from Tears.
The head Officer of the Hussars came twice to the Inn to see them, but
Nothing could revive their Spirits. The thought that they must again
be exposed on the Carts, was too distressing to admit of any Comfort.
Their kindness, however, was a great- alleviation of the pungent grief
and distress of the Nuns. It is three Years since these scenes of
horror happened, yet the writer of this declares that her Blood Chills
whenever she thinks of that dreadful day : Those who have experienced
such distress will excuse her for expressing herself so feelingly on this
Subject.
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Gratitude to a merciful providence over us in all our distress
prompts me to remark here, that tho the Mob said everything Shock-
ing— and Surrounded us on every Side, as if to tear us into a thousand
pieces, and on one occasion cut off a piece of one of our Veils — Yet
not one of them laid a hand upon any of us. And in every place some
were found who shed Tears of Compassion over us.
The Nuns left Noyon about Nine on Tuesday morning. They had
covered their Veils with coloured Handkerchiefs and disguised them-
selves as much as they could in order to appear as they sat in the
Cart like the French Villagers, who wear no Hats. This precaution
was of some service, for on the road the people seemed at a loss what
to make of them.
About four in the afternoon, the Nuns arrived at Compiegne and
there the Hussars left them, after having said much in their favour to
the Mayor, and two other Members of the District, who came attended
by the National Guards to receive the Prisoners.
The Hussars were Natives of Normandy, most of them Young
Men, about nineteen or twenty Years of age. The Nuns were the
more surprised at their civility, as they were gidy and very profane in
their Language to one an other.
The prisoners brought from Cambray to Compiegne at that time
were fifty-two in Number, the Nuns included. They were all con-
fined in one house ; it had been a Convent formerly belonging to the
Nuns of the Visitation, but was then a common prison. The Gentle-
men of the District of Compiegne very frequently Visited the prison ;
when they called upon the Nuns they asked them a hundred questions,
but upon the whole they behaved with civility. The Procurator Sindic,
seeing them half Starving, had the goodness to write twice to Cambray
to desire the Municipality of that City to return Some part of their
wearing apparel, but they sent None. The Nuns had a room assigned
to them in the Infirmary of the Convent ; the adjoining apartments were
occupied by prisoners of all ranks and descriptions, their Number
increased daily, they were chiefly from Cambray and its environs.
Whole families were sometimes brought up at once. It seems this
place had been fixed upon in preference to Cambray because it was
more within the reach of the assassins of Paris, who were then deluging
the streets of that Capital, with human Blood.
On the 25 of November 1793 a great number of prisoners were
brought from Cambray, among whom were The Revd Messrs Walker,
the Young Priest his Assistant, and the Honble Thos Roper.* It is
not easy to express what the religious felt when Mr Walker appeared
as they had not the least reason to hope of ever seeing him again. He
also seemed much affected. The pleasure of seeing him, was however
greatly allayed by orders which were immediately given that he should
by no means come near the Nuns. One of the members of the District
* Though Henry Roper, the 8th Lord Teynham, through fear conformed to the
Anglican Establishment when the Chevalier de St. George raised his standard in
171 5, members of this hitherto staunch Catholic family continued to hold the Faith
for long afterwards. The Hon. Thomas Roper was a younger son of Henry, 10th
Lord Teynham, and was a relative of the Sheldon nuns at Cambrai.
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having observed to his colleagues that if he was allowed to visit the
Nuns some part of religious worship might probably be kept up among
them, which he said, they were bound to root out entirely. For a
time, the Nuns saw him seldom and always with fear and great appre-
hension. I have reason to think, that it cost him a great deal to be
obliged to pass his time with a set of men whose manners and conversa-
tion were shocking to common decency.
Soon after this the very man who had with a club in his hand
turned the Nuns out of their Convent at Cambray was sent after them
to prison. He was removed to Paris soon after, where, it was said, he
lost his Head. Such was the fate of many who had been particularly
active in promoting the unhappy Revolution.
For a time the gaol allowance was a pound of Bread for each person
per day, and one good meal, the expense of which was to be defrayed
by the prisoners jointly, the rich paying for the poor, and strict orders
were frequently given that equality should be observed, according to
the new Republican law. That no one might escape unnoted the
prisoners were called over twice every day.
About the beginning of January 1794 most of the Nuns fell sick.
Eight or nine were confined to their beds at the same time, and the
rest so much indisposed, as to be scarcely able to help their dying
Sisters. A good woman who sold milk to the prisoners took great
compassion of them, and came to assist them, but in a short time fell
dangerously ill herself : this unfortunate accident made others afraid to
come near them. The disorder was a Fever proceeding (as the Doctor
said) from great hardships and chagrin. They had still only one room
for the whole Community (twenty-one in number), several of whom were
now drawing near their end. Every one seemed to pity them, but the
fever beginning to spread among the prisoners, each one feared for him-
self. Upon this it was thought proper to allow the Nuns a small
adjoining room, and the prisoners in general, who were about an
hundred and sixty, were permitted to walk in the garden, a favour
which had not been allowed them before. The windows in the Nuns
room were unnailed that they might open them for a little fresh air,
but it was the middle of Winter, and the weather so very damp and
wet, that this allowance was of no avail to them.
On the 12th of January, about 2 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Walker
found himself very 111, but would not disturb Mr. Higginson till the usual
hour of rising. Among the prisoners was a Doctor [Dufeuille] from
Cambray, which was a fortunate circumstance for all the sick. He was
called about 7 o'clock and declared Mr. Walker's case to be dangerous.
He grew worse fast, so as to alarm every one, for the prisoners all
esteemed him. He fell into his agony in the evening, and expired
near 2 o'clock, having been ill only twenty-four hours. It was thought
by some to be the Gout at his Stomach that so suddenly hurried him
off, but the Doctor always affirmed, that the many hardships he had
undergone, and the want of necessaries requisite to a person of his age
and weak health, had not a little contributed to his death. Many of
the Nuns were at that time too ill to be informed of this catastrophe,
but the distress of the few who were informed of it was great beyond
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expression. The circumstances the religious were then in made his
loss to be severely felt, and long deeply regretted by the nuns. He
had for some years past been as a Father, and an exemplary friend,
to each of them, having remained with them by choice in the hardest of
times, even when his life was in danger, and when he might have lived
comfortably in England. During his long confinement he was never
heard to let fall one word of complaint, tho' few had suffered so much
as he. He died as he had lived, a good religious man. The writer of
this well remembers that sorrowful day. He had lived 73 years, during
twenty of these he had resided at Rome, and had received distinguish-
ing tokens of esteem from his present Holyness Pius the VI. The last
1 7 years of his life he had with great credit to himself held the office
of President- General of the English Congregation of the Order of St.
Bennet.
Next morning, January 14th, while Mr. Walker's corpse was still in
the prison, Dame Anselm Ann died, aged 79. On the 21st of the same
month, Dame Walmesley breathed her last, aged 55. About the end
of the same month Ann Pinnington, a lay-sister, who till then had
been of the greatest service about the sick, fell dangerously ill. Her
disorder was a gangrene in her arm which from the first threatened her
life. Nothing could be had in the prison proper to apply to it, nor
would the Commissioner who was over them that day, tho' he was in
the prison and thoroughly informed of the nature of the disorder, allow
anything to be procured from the town, so that twenty four hours had
elapsed before anything material was done. In the meantime the
mortification had spread prodigiously and her life was despaired of.
She expired on the 6th of Feb. about three o'clock in the morning
aged 60.
Towards the beginning of March the same year, the surviving Nuns
began to recover tho' but very slowly.
The District of Compiegne now began to treat the prisoners with
great severity — very many had been sent from Cambray. The District
had seized all their property, but would allow nothing towards keeping
them from starving. On the 6th of March three of the Members of
the District of Compiegne came to the prison escorted by a detach-
ment of the National Guards. The prisoners were all ordered to
assemble in one large room, some of the Nuns were still confined by
sickness so that only a part of them could attend — all the prisoners
stood like condemned criminals. The Procurator-Sindic made a
long harangue putting them in mind that they had hitherto been
served with one meal per day, but that nothing had been paid for
so liberal a treatment (as he called it). That the people of Compiegne
were resolved to reimburse themselves one way or other. The prisoners
alleged that they had already been stript of everything and their houses
plundered, that to think of forcing more from them was cruel in the
extreme. These expostulations, true as they really were, had no effect.
The Procurator-Sindick again and again told them that if the sum of
. . . french livres was not collected amongst them and sent to the
District before 10 o'clock next morning they should be punished with
the greatest severity. The prisoners being by no means able to
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furnish the sum demanded, they were on the nth. of March stinted
to coarse brown bread and water. Many of the Nuns were still unwell
when this severe order took place, some of them were even confined
to their beds. Six red herrings, which they happened to have when
this command was given out was all they had for three days, not being
allowed to buy anything, not even a little salt. A surgeon of Compiegne,
who had attended some of the Nuns, was so compassionate as to go
himself to the District when the Members were assembled to beg as a
favour they would permit a little broth to be sent to Dame Alexander
who was near 80 years old, and had been confined to her bed about 6
weeks of a fever which terminated in an hectic fever and an imposthume.
He was refused, on which as they were told tears gushed into his eyes.
Be that as it may, all that the Nuns got by the charity of this good
man, was a heap of compliments of condolence from the Mayor, and
from some of the Magistrates, but they gave us nothing.
Their wants growing every day greater, they applied to some of
the inhabitants of Compiegne for needlework, but the windows of the
room they occupied being most part blockaded, little could be done
materially to mend their condition. In order to raise money to buy
bread they contrived privately to sell, tho' at a vast loss, a few gold
crosses e'tc which they happened to have about them when they were
taken from Cambray.
The Magistrates of Compiegne, finding that nothing could be got
from the District of Cambray, were every day more and more impor-
tunate with the prisoners for money, which they had not to give. One
day they came to take away their beds, which consisted of each a
matress and one blanket j a charitable friend gave them money to leave
the Nuns theirs a month longer, at the expiration of which they came
again & made ye same bustle, but another friend promised to pay for
them a month longer, and thus they went on, always under the
apprehension of being obliged to lye on a few locks of straw.
On the 17 of May, 1794, at 8 o'clock in the morning, about 20
Members of the District of Compiegne, and six or seven of Robers-
pierre's creatures from Arras, came to the prison escorted by 120
Guards. The prisoners were instantly ordered each one to their own
quarters, and a Guard posted at every door in the prison. A soldier
with a drawn sword was also stationed within the Nuns' room and
strictly ordered to take care the Nuns did not open a window nor leave
the room for a moment, and above all that they burnt no papers.
Some of the Nuns turned pale and almost fainted, which the Mayor
observing, he, with his usual good nature towards them, ordered the
Guard to sheath his sword. An officer soon after made his round, and
asked the Guard in anger, why he had not his sword drawn. He told
him, the Nuns were affraid, at which the officer began to scoff and
said something about the guillotine, and with horrid imprecations
commanded the Guard to draw his. This made the Nuns more affraid.
While they were in this situation, from time to time they heard the
jailer call the prisoners one at a time, the men first and then the
women, to a lower room, but no one returned. The Nuns durst not
speak to each other for fear of the Guard. After they had been in the
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most cruel suspense about nine hours, the Nuns were called down, it
was then 5 in the evening. Before they got half way down the stairs,
counter orders were given, and one of the Nuns, Dame A. Robinson, who
could speak french, was ordered down. The Nuns therefore returned
with a Guard, and only this young religious was conducted to the room
below. The Commissioners immediately began to search her pockets,
but the Mayor checked them, so that they were not so insolent to her
as they had been to others. Nothing of value being found about them,
they were dismissed, and the whole tribe of rough fellows, about thirty
in number, came up with them to the room where the Nuns ell were.
One of them (who was a fallen priest) could speak a little English.
He was a busy man on this occasion, and was the orator. He addressed
the Nuns in a manner which seemed the most proper to terrify them,
innumerating the punishments that would certainly be inflicted upon
them if they concealed either writing or anything of value from them.
The Procuratrix produced the little paper money they had, and laid it
before them. The Nuns in general assured them that all their writings had
been taken from them at Cambray. After asking many questions and
talking in a low voice to each other, they withdrew, leaving the money
upon the table, which however, the Nuns durst not touch. They then pro-
ceeded to search all the prisoners beds, men and women, pulling the straw
and everything else about the room. They took everything of value,
such a trifle as a silver thimble did not escape them. In the course of
this examination they pulled the womens caps off their heads (some of
them were ladies of quality), unpinned their gowns, and searched them
in the most cruel manner. If they found a crucifix or a reliquary of
gold or silver they took it, if it was of a baser metal, they broke it and
sometimes gave the bits to the owner. From the Hon. Thos Roper and
Revd James Higginson, who were our companions in prison, they took
everything they could find (viz. a metal watch and two beautiful gold
repeating watches which had formerly belonged to the Rev Fathers
Walker and Welch — this last mentioned gentleman had ended his life
with the Nuns at Cambray during the early part of the Revolution.*
Having stript the other prisoners of everything of value, they were
returning to the Nuns' room, when one of the prisoners addressed the
Mayor as follows : Surely sir, you are not going to search those poor
Nuns a second time. You know how barbarously they were used by
the people of Cambray, and at present you are well assured that they
live in the greatest poverty, having only the poor pittance which they
gain by their needle to maintain them. The Mayor seemed to be
pleased with the person who spoke in their favour, and after a short
pause turned off, called the Guard out of the Nuns' room, and soon after
went out of the prison attended by the Administrators of the District
(as they called themselves) and the Guards. This was one of the most
suffering days we ever passed, tho' in those times of universal terror the
Nuns experienced many sorrowful ones.
The prisoners from the time I am speaking of were treated with
greater severity than they had ever been before. They were in the
greatest distress, some of them passed days and weeks with no other
* Aug. 20, 1790.
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food than bread & water, and few of the prisoners at Compiegne
entertained a hope of escaping a public execution, yet this seemed to
have no effect on their morals, for they were for the most part very ill
livers, tho' few days passed but one or other of them was taken out
of the Compiegne prison & thrown into the dungeon to be ready for
execution. Here some of them remained till the death of Roberspierre,
others were carried to Paris, and an end put to their existence by the
fatal guillotine.
About the middle of June, 1 794, sixteen Carmelite Nuns were brought
to the prison and lodged in a room which faced that which was occupied
by us. They were very strictly guarded. They had not been long
there before they were, without any previous notice, hurried off to Paris
for no other crime than that an emigrant priest, who had been their
Confesser, had written to one of them. In this letter a Bishop, who
was also an emigrant, had unfortunately desired his Compts to an old
gentleman who was cousin to the Nun to whom the letter was directed.
He was a man of great property, a crime not easily overlooked in those
days. This Venerable person was carried to Paris with the Nuns. A
servant who attended him seemed ready to die of grief, and the good
old man shed tears at the parting.
The Carmelite Nuns quitted the Compiegne prison in the most
saint-like manner. We saw them embrace each other before they set
off, and they took an affectionate leave of us by the motion of their
hands & other friendly gestures. On their way to the scaffold, and
upon the scaffold itself, as we were told by an eye-witness of credit
Monsieur Douai, they shewed a firmness and a cheerful composure
which nothing but a spotless conscience and a joyful hope can inspire.
It was reported that they sung or said aloud the Litany of the Blessed
Virgin untill the fatal axe interrupted the voice of the last of them.
They suffered on the 16th of July, the feast of their patronness Our
Lady of Mount Carmel, 1794. One of this holy community happened
to be absent when the rest were taken to Paris. She concealed herself
in different places till the death of the tyrant Roberspierre, which
happened on the 28th of July 1794. When this monster was removed
she returned to her friends in Compiegne- & frequently visited us in
prison. She gave us the names and the ages of her Sisters who were
put to death, they are as follows.
Croisi [Croissy] agee de 49 ans.
Trozelle [Trezel]
Haunisset [Hanisset]
Le Doine \Lidoine\
Pellerat \Pelras]
Tourret [T/touret]
Piedecourt
Brudeau [Brideau]
Brard
Chretien
Dufour
Meuniere [Maunier]
49 ans.
de Paris.
5i
52
de Compiegne.
de Reims.
42
de Paris.
34
79
78
de Lazarts. [Cajarc (Lot).]
de Monij. [Mony (Ois).]
de Paris.
de Bedfort. [Bel/ort]
58
52
de Bourt. [Bourth (Eure).]
de Evreux.
de Beaune.
29
de Franciarde. [St. Denis
(Paris).]
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Soiron 55 de Compiegne.
Soiron 45 —
Rousset [Itoussef] 52 de Compiegne. [Fresne.]
Vezolat [ Verolot] 30 de Compiegne.
One of this community was Novice and two others were portresses
or extern Lay-sisters.
On the 28th of July 1794, the same year, the tyranny of Robers-
pierre, eight days after the Carmelites, met its deserved fate at Paris, by
his being overthrown and guillotined with 20 of his infamous adherents
— the populace insulted them in the most abusive manner.
Two or three days after the Carmelites were taken to Paris, the
Mayor and two Members of the District of Compiegne called upon
us in the prison, we were still in our religious dress which he had
frequently wished us to change, but we always alleged that we really
had not money sufficient to furnish ourselves with any other clothes
than the ragged habits we then wore. The same day he returned to us
again, called two of the Nuns aside, and told them that they must put
off that uniform, as he called it, that he durst no longer permit them to
wear that prohibited dress, that should the people grow riotous we
should be more easily concealed in any other dress than in the religious
one. The truth was he expected like the Carmelites we should soon
be conducted to Paris for execution, and he was affraid he might be put
to trouble if we were found in the religious garb. Being again assured
that we had not money to purchase other clothes, he went himself to
the room which the good Carmelites had inhabited while in prison and
brought some of the poor clothes they had left behind them there.
These he gave to us, telling us to put them on as soon as possible.
We were in great want of shoes, the Mayor civilly said he would get us
what we wanted, but one of the jailers bluntly told the Procuratrix we
should not want shoes long. On leaving the room the Mayor turned
to Mr. Higginson and said, Take care of your companions — as much
as to tell him, Prepare them for death, for he had nothing else in his
power as the Mayor well knew.
The next day the news became public that the poor Carmelites
had been all guillotined. The old clothes which before appeared
of small value were now so much esteemed by us that we thought
ourselves unworthy to wear them, but forced by necessity, we put
them on, and those clothes constituted the greatest part of the mean
apparel which we had on at our return to England. We still keep
them — a few articles excepted, which we have given to particular
friends.
The prisoners at Compiegne were still importuned to pay off the
old debt (as they called it) for the allowance of one meal per day
which had formerly been given them but which had long since been
withdrawn, insomuch that during many months before we had leave
to quit this tedious confinement we had not even bread given us
unless we could pay for it.
The two last months of the year 1794 and the beginning of the
year 1795 Demg extremely severe, we had a great deal to suffer from
wants of various kinds, especially from want of fuel, as no one had
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a sufficient quantity of clothes to keep herself (tho' the youngest of
us) moderately warm. The room we inhabited was large and very
cold, but no entreaties could obtain more than one single blanket
for each Nun. The scarcity of provisions also encreased in a dread-
ful manner. Bread was so hard to be got that no one inhabitant
of the town was permitted to purchase more than a certain fixed
allowance which made a very scanty portion. Guards were placed
at every baker's shop, and in their prescence the bread was weighed
out to each one his pittance till the whole poor stock was distributed,
but commonly there was not a sufficient quantity of it to supply more
than half the people who were expecting to have a little, so that no
day passed without some tumult in the town. The bread for the most
part was of the very worst and most disgusting quality, yet we thought
ourselves very fortunate when we could buy a sufficient quantity of it.
Very frequently when we had finished one poor meal we had not a
morsel left for the next.
The English throughout every part of France had more than once
petitioned for some mitigation of their sufferings and some of them
had, with becoming freedom, pointed out the absurdity of detaining
in confinement so many innocent sufferers, for the apprehension of
whom there had never existed a pretence of justice. At last it was
decreed that all foreigners should have an allowance of two livres
paper money per day. Bread was then sold at 3 livres per pound.
This allowance besides its being irregularly paid was utterly insufficient
to subsist upon in the state in which France then was, paper money
being then reduced to a very low rate there. We received this allow-
ance for the first time on the 23rd of Dec. 1794. It was then counted
to make the value of twopence halfpenny or at most three pence per
day English money.
Some months after this, the prisoners began to be treated with
more lenity than they had yet experienced. The Honble Tho8 Roper
& the Rev. James Higginson had liberty to go into the town. This
was of great service to us. Mr. Roper showed himself indefatigable
in using every means possible to procure victuals and fuel for us.
He carried the wood himself and ran from shop to shop to buy us
bread. But notwithstanding this seeming liberty, the prison was still
very disagreeable. Tho' the soldiers had no longer power to command
us as formerly, yet the door to the street was open night & day, so that
it was scarcely possible to step out of our room without meeting a
crowd, one part of the prison being turned into a guard-house all came
in & went out as they pleased. The garden too was always taken up
by the soldiers and the rabble.
About this time the Convention frequently ordered the prisoners
of war to be sent from one town to another to show them to the
people. When those bodies of prisoners passed through Compiegne,
they were always lodged in our prison, & nothing distressed us more
during the whole of our confinement than on such occasions to meet
with brave Englishmen in want of the most common necessaries of
life & to see them treated with the greatest scorn & contempt by
the most despicable of the French Jacobins, who were quite elated
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to have an English soldier under their feet. Whenever these prisoners
arrived all was noise & confusion & we expected nothing less than
to see the house on fire, the weather being remarkably cold they burnt
everything they could lay their hands on.
Seeing no prospect to the end of their miseries in this unhappy
country in which we were confined, & provisions growing so scarce
and dear that it became quite out of our power to procure them,
we at last resolved to apply to Paris for passports to return to
our native country. The Mayor of Compiegne privately advised us to
take this step & assured us of his assistance. Accordingly a peti-
tion was drawn up & signed by the whole Community. The Mayor
forwarded it to the Convention at Paris and seconded it by a letter
in our favour. About ten days after, our liberty was announced to
us by the District of Compiegne. After this we contrived to borrow
(the good Carmelite above mentioned assisting us) sacred vessels &
ornaments that we might have the happiness of hearing one Mass,
the only one we had during our eighteen months confinement, &
we were in the greatest fear the whole time of it.
In order to raise the necessary supplies for our journey, we
contrived privately to draw money from England, though at a great
loss, by the way of Hambourg. A charitable gentleman, the present
Edwd Constable of Burton, Esq. had two years before given us leave
to call upon him for money what we might want in case we came
to be in distress which he seemed to foresee would happen. The
horses being for the most part taken for the army, we found it very
difficult to get carts to transport us to Calais. After many delays,
[and] a great deal of trouble and expense, the whole Community left
Compiegne on the 24th of April, 1795 in two carts, four of the eldest
Nuns having gone off before in a coach. We were in the prison
at Compiegne 18 months & 5 days. In our journey we made
Cambray in our way, but had not courage enough to cast a passing
glance at our dear Convent, which from the time we were driven
out had been turned into a common gaol, (it was then in a most
ruinous condition), out of which very many had been dragged to
the guillotine — in one day 25 persons were dragged to the market-
place in Cambray and there guillotined, among whom was a most
pious and learned priest, Mr. Tranchant (who had frequently sung
Mass in our church). He was saying Mass in his own house &
his niece serving, they were immediately hurried to prison not allow-
ing him time to take off his vestments.
We found that all our houses & effects had been publicly
sold, but had not been paid for. We were also informed that our
enemies had made the common people believe that the prevailing
scarcity was greatly to be attributed to the English Nuns having
amassed such quantities of provisions. This was made an accusa-
tion against us by the very people who had ordered us to prepare
provisions against a siege or to be expelled the town. The Rev.
James Higginson went six or seven times to the Town House
thinking to expostulate with the District upon their cruel behaviour,
and to assure them that one time or other we should call them to
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account, but he was refused entrance. Finding therefore nothing
could be done, the Community followed Lady Abbess and three
old religious, who as I said before set off from Compiegne a few
days before us. We found them at Calais where they had been
some days, we rested one night, and the next morning, May 2nd,
the whole Community sailed from Calais in a Danish vessel, Captain
Johnson. We happily landed at Dover the same evening in number
sixteen religious, the Rev. James Higginson & Mr. Roper. The next
day being a Sunday, we rested at Dover, and reached London about
10 o'clock on Monday night May 4th. We remained at the Golden
Cross, Charing Cross London, till Wednesday 6th, when the charitable
Marchioness of Buckingham,* hearing that our situation was exceeding
unpleasant at a common Inn, sent her chaplain, a clergyman of the
Established Church, to inform us that she had provided a house
at the West end of the town during our stay in London. Here
she was the first to visit us, affording us every comfort in her
power; and the respectable clergyman above mentioned copied the
example of his noble patroness. We experienced many instances
of civility & kindness during our stay in London, for several of
which we are indebted to persons unknown to us, but the Blessed
Redeemer of man, who has promised to repay a cup of cold water
given in alms for His sake, will not suffer their charity to go un-
rewarded. Gratitude obliges me to mention here one friend in
particular, Mr. Coghlan,f bookseller, who though a person in business
and possessed of no great riches, yet rendered us most substantial
services. It was he who first made us known to the Marchioness
of Buckingham, and he richly deserves our thanks for many other
favours.
The Community remained in London about 1 2 days, during which
time Rev. Mr. Cowley, \ the President, and Rev. Mr. Brewer § decided
that we should take the management of a school for the education of
young Catholic ladies. Nothing but the great desire we had to main-
tain ourselves and to be no burden to our friends or to society in
general, upon whom Providence has permitted us to be reluctantly
thrown, could have prevailed upon any of us to have undertaken
such a charge, worn out as we were with past sufferings. Superiors,
* Mary Elizabeth, only d. and h. of Robert, Earl Nugent, married George, 2nd
Earl Temple, who was created Marquess of Buckingham in 1784. Her father, who
had conformed, was reconciled to the Church at Bath, at Easter, 1788, by Dom
Joserh Cuthbert Wilks, O.S.B., and died in the following October, when the earldom
of Nuge it passed to his son-in-law, the Marquess of Buckingham. The Marchioness
in 1800 was created in her own right Baroness Nugent, with remainder to her second
son, Lord George Grenville-Nugent-Temple. She died March 16, 181 3. She had
befriended many of the French emigre' clergy, and several of the English communities
which came over to England after the Revolution.
+ James Peter Coghlan, the eminent Catholic publisher, died Feb. 20, 1800,
aged 68.
X Dom William Gregory Cowley was president-general of the English Bene-
dictine Congregation from 1794 till his death in 1799.
§ Dom John Bede Brewer succeeded Fr. Cowley as president-general, and at this
time had charge of the mission at Woolton, near Liverpool, where a school for young
ladies had been established through his instrumentality and under his supervision.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 162O-1793 35
however, informing us that such was their pleasure, we left London
in three companies on different days as we could get places in the
stage coach. The last company arrived at Woolton May 21st, 1795,
where we experienced every civility & kindness. Mrs. Porter & Dr.
Brewer entertained the whole Community for a week at their house,
with great good nature and compassion, rendering to each one every
solace possible. We got settled in a school which had been for about
six years under the superintendance of the Rev. Dr. Brewer, but
the managment of which he now resigned to the Nuns. Here we
have now been near three years, during which time we have found
no abatement in the kindness & charitable attention showed to the
Community, not by our friends and relations only, but by our country-
folk in general. We are not less grateful for the allowance of a
guinea and a half per month, for each religious, which in common
with so many of our fellow sufferers we have received from govern-
ment ever since our arrival in our native country ; & we shall always
think ourselves under an additional obligation of praying for the
welfare of England.
We had not been long settled at Woolton, before Edward Con-
stable of Burton & Francis Sheldon of Wycliffe, Esquires,* honoured
us with a visit. They paid us the kindest attentions. They brought
with them a French priest,f whom Mr. Constable allowed 40^ per
annum. As we could not hear Mass anywhere nearer than Mr.
Brewer's chapel, he offered to leave the French priest at Woolton ;
of that offer we joyfully accepted, & he has since remained with us.
To assist the Community in general Mr. Constable has also made
us an allowance of 60 £ per annum, which is paid quarterly; & we
have reason to hope that it will not be withdrawn, till something
falls to enable the Community to live without it.
[Bishop Mi bier's account in the Laity's Directory for 1796, with
additions and corrections (in brackets), from the copy preserved at Stan-
brook Abbey, either in the hand of Dame Ann- Teresa Partington, or in
that of one of her contemporaries. On the binding of the book is written :
" Ann-Teresa Partington."]
The Narrative of the Sufferings of the English Communities under
the dominion of the French Republicans, continued fro?n the Directory of
last year, page 13.
The English Benedictine Dames of Cambray.
These Ladies had acquired a great reputation for their method of
education, for their performances in fine needle-work and artificial
* Edward and Francis Sheldon, sons of Edward Sheldon and Cecily Constable,
and nephews of Dame Elizabeth Frances Sheldon, one of the community, succes-
sively assumed the name of Constable upon coming into the Burton Constable and
Wycliffe estates under the will of their uncle, William Constable.
t The Abbe Pernez, of whom Mr. Constable wrote from Burton Constable under
date Aug. 5, 1795, when proposing him as convent chaplain : " He is a worthy and
respectable ecclesiastic, victim to Religion & honour ; a well-behaved, perfectly good-
tempered man, & approved in every way by the Bishop of this district [Dr. William
Gibson, V.A.-N.D.j & by the Bishop of St. Pol de Leon."
36 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
flowers, and for cutting out upon vellum various ornaments and devices
with the most exquisite taste and execution. By these and their other
resources, they lived without being any burthen, but rather were a
benefit to the country in which they were placed, whilst their principal
attention and endeavours were bent, by the exercises of religion and
the practice of every virtue, upon arriving at our true country in the
heavenly region. It was, however, the will of the Almighty to prepare
them all in general, and more immediately some of them, for this
happiness by a course of sufferings. In the summer of the year 1793,
the allied armies having pushed their conquests almost to the gates of
Cambray, these poor religious were advised, for a double purpose of
treachery, to lay in provisions against the siege that was then expected
to take place. They listened to this advice, and accordingly provided
themselves with such a stock of necessaries as their finances would
allow them to purchase. Not being conscious of having given any
offence, they conceived themselves to be in perfect safety, when, on
the 1 8th of October, in the said year, they were surprised by a body of
guards, part of whom surrounded, whilst the rest entered into their
convent, and in less than half an hour hurried them out of the same
without affording them the means of taking with them a change of
clothes or any other necessaries. The appointed place of their captivity
was Compiegne, which was more within reach of the assassins, who
then deluged the streets of Paris with human blood, than Cambray
was. Thither these ladies, whose only crimes were their religion and
their country, were carried in open carts, amidst a variety of insults and
barbarous usage. Their place of confinement in this town was the
infirmary of the convent which formerly belonged to the order of the
Visitation, whilst an adjoining part of the same convent was occupied
by an illustrious band of christian heroines, worthy to have lived in the
primitive ages of the Church. These were seventeen (sixteen) Carmelite
Nuns, formerly of the convent of St. Denis (Compiegne) and the sisters
in religion of Madame Louise, the saint-like aunt of Louis XVI., who,
on that account, seemed to have been marked out by Roberspere and
his sanguinary confederates as victims for the guillotine. They were
led out to execution a few days [on the 16th July, the feast of our Bd.
Lady of Mount Carmel their patroness, 1794, nine months] after the
arrival of the Cambray Nuns at the same prison, [they had been in
prison with us, Cambray Nuns, about 6 weeks,] and, though they
could not converse with them by words, yet they took an affectionate
and pious leave of them from their windows by the motion of their
hands and their gestures. On their way to the scaffold, and upon the
scaffold itself they showed a firmness, and a cheerful composure, which
those who braved death at the cannon's mouth have rarely exhibited,
and which nothing but a spotless conscience and a joyful hope can
inspire. They invoked the Queen of Martyrs to assist them in their
conflict, singing the litany of the Blessed Virgin in their procession to
martyrdom, and until the fatal axe interrupted the voice of the last of
them. The English Nuns were for a long time in daily expectation of
meeting the same fate. They observed that their place of confinement
was blockaded in a particular manner, which generally took place with
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-I793 37
respect to such bodies of prisoners as were intended for execution, and
when they petitioned for a supply of clothes of which they stood greatly
in need, their keepers in the most wanton and undisguised manner
were accustomed to tell them that soon they would 7ieither want for
dotlies nor for anything else. At length, however, a parcel of left-off
wearing apparel, which had been the executioner's perquisite,* was
sent to them. This consisted of the dresses of the above-mentioned
religious sufferers. Such a present, however despicable in the eyes of
worldlings, in their eyes was more valuable than the robes of royalty
would have been ; they received the poor clothes upon their knees,
kissing and bedewing them with their tears, and these constituted part
of the mean apparel which they had on at their return to their native
country.
Great were their sufferings during their tedious confinement, especially
from the want of bread and fuel. These were dealt out to them in the
most scanty proportions, and the former was of the very worst and
most disgusting quality. Nor was it in their power by their needle-
work, and industry in other respects, materially to mend their condition,
though they exerted themselves for this purpose. They were twenty in
number when they were expelled from their convent, exclusive of their
chaplain Dom Augustine Walker, president of the English monks, who
for his erudition and piety, having long resided at Rome, had received
distinguishing tokens of esteem from his present Holiness, and exclusive
of another reverend gentleman [Rev. James Higginson], who, in con-
sideration of the age and declining health of the former, was appointed
to assist him. Of these, during the rigours of their confinement departed
this life, on the 13th of Jan., 1794, the Rev. D. President Walker, on
the 14th of the same month Dame Anselma Ann, on the 21st ditto
D. Teresa Walmesley, on the 6th of Feb. D. Ann Pennington, and
about the end of March D. Margaret Burgess ; so that now only fifteen
nuns, a novice upon probation, and the gentleman who had assisted
Dom President, were left of this once flourishing community.
At length the scarcity of provisions encreasing in a dreadful manner
throughout every part of France, and the absurdity of detaining in con-
finement so many innocent sufferers, for the original apprehension of
whom there had never existed a pretence either of justice or of policy,
being perceived by the rulers of that unhappy country, these ladies
obtained liberty to quit their confinement, and on the 24th of April in
the present year [1795] procured passports to return to their native
country.
On their journey they made Cambray in their way. Here they
found that their listening to the advice that had been given them, in
preparing provisions against a siege, was made an accusation against
them, and the common people were made to believe that the prevailing
scarcity was greatly to be attributed to the English, who had amassed
such quantities of provisions. They found, however, that their house
and effects, though sequestered and publicly sold, had never been paid
for, nor had one been appointed to receive the purchase-money for the
* This is an error on the part of Milner, and is erased in the Stanbrook copy.
They were not the clothes in which the Carmelites were martyred — vide p. 31.
3& RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
same. This circumstance afforded them a hope that they might, on a
later day, receive some compensation for their great losses.
On the 3«1 of May they sailed from Calais, and on the 4th arrived
in London. Their arrival here was no sooner known, than [the
Marchioness of Buckingham] a lady, still more distinguished by her ex-
tensive charities than by her station in life, sent the chaplain of her family
[Rev. Mr. Holt, a native of Lancashire], a clergyman of the Established
Church, to inform them that, conceiving their situation at a common
inn to be exceedingly inconvenient and unpleasant to them, she had
provided a house at the west end of the town for them during their
residence in London. Here she was the first person to visit them and
afford them every comfort in her power. They were struck with such
marks of divine bounty in their regard, and they ceased not to put up
their prayers in behalf of the immediate instrument of it and of her
noble relatives. Nor were they less sensible of the unaffected com-
passion and substantial services which they, in common with so many
others, their fellow-sufferers, experienced from the respectable clergyman
here alluded to, who, copying the example of his noble patrons, has
proved himself the good Samaritan to such a variety of sufferers of a
different religion, and many of them of a different country.
Upon an invitation from the Rev. Dr. Brewer, these ladies have
proceeded to Woolton, near Liverpool, where, after qualifying them-
selves as the act in favor of Roman Catholics directs, they have under-
taken the superintendence of a school for the education of catholic
young ladies, which they mean to conduct agreeably to their much
approved plan established at Cambray, and long known to this
country.
[There is a slip of paper pasted in at the foot of page 7 of the Stan-
brook copy of the Directory for 1796, on which is written , probably in the
hand of Dame Agnes Robinson^ though it may be thai of Dame Ann-
Teresa Partington :]
"The Names of the Carmelites of Compiegne who were put to
death among whom were one novice "... (the rest is obliterated by the
paste, the sense evidently being that Mary of the Incarnation furnished
these names, as the next sentence is :) " This good Carmelite was in
the summer of the year 1814 living in the town of Compiegne with a
few devout companions with whom she was concerting to form a little
community serving God according to the severe rule of the Carmelites
as a French priest informed us who had seen her in Janry 1814."
[The following Catalogue is transcribed from that in the Archives
Centrales at Lillet " Benedictines de Cambrai," Carton 1. 1 — ]
A CATALOGUE
Of Ye Names and Ages
Of all those that have at any time entred into this Monastery of our
Bd. Lady of Consolation in Cambray, as well of such as have been
and are religious profess'd, as of such as have lived for any time in ye
monastery and gone away.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 162O-I793 39
December 2. In ye Year 1623.
Entred Mrs. Helen More (in religion called De. Gertrude), of ye
age of 17. great grandchild to Sr. Thomas More.
BorniMarch 25, 1606, at Low Leyton, Essex, an estate belonging to
her father, Cresacre More, Esq., of Barnborough Hall, co. York ; professed
Jan. 1, 1625 ; died Aug. 17, 1633, aged 27.
After her death, her spiritual writings were collected and arranged by
Father Baker for publication, but they did not actually appear till long after
his decease. One portion arranged by him was issued at Paris in 1657 under
the title of " The Holy Practices of a Divine Lover, or The Sainctly Ideofs
Devotions? with Dedication to Dame Catherine Gascoigne,Abbess of Cambrai,
unsigned. This work has lately been re-edited by Dom Hildebrand Lane Fox,
O.S.B. The other and far more important portion of the collection was
printed at Paris in the following year 1658 with a dedication to Rd. Mother
Bridget More, then Prioress of the Paris House, signed F. G. (Rev. Francis
Gascoigne, brother to Dame Catherine). The work is entitled " Confessiones
Amantis, or A Lover's Confessions and Ideofs Devotions? In the beginning
of the same book is given her " Apology for herself and her Spiritual Guide
and Directory Very Rev. Father Baker." The book concludes with a series
of fragments of devout aspirations and reflections, as also a few prayers in
verse found amongst her papers after death. The work has been re-edited
lately by Rev. Dom E. Benedict Weld-Blundell, O.S.B. Her Life was written
by Father Baker, entitled " The Life and Death of D. Gertrude More, a
Religious Virgin of the English Cloister of Benedictin Nunnes in the Cittie
of Camdraie. Dom E. Benedict Weld-Blundell, O.S.B., has lately edited
this manuscript at the special request of the Lady Abbess of Stanbrook,
who entrusted to his hands not only the valuable MS. of Part I., bearing the
stamp of Lambspring, which had for a long period been carefully preserved
in the Stanbrook library, but also Part II., until then thought to be lost, but
which had just been identified amongst other manuscripts at Ampleforth
Abbey, and had kindly been lent to Stanbrook by the Abbot for the purpose
of thus publishing, by the fusion of these two distinct manuscripts, the first
complete edition of Father Baker's original work. This was in 1907, Dom
E. B. Weld-Blundell's volume appeared in 1910.
Do.
Mrs. Margarette Vaversour, (in religion Dame Lucy), daughter
of Sir William Vaversour of Haselwood, in Yorkshire, Barenet. She
was 1 7 years of age.
B. 1606, at Haslewood Castle, co. York, d. of William Vavasour, Esq.,
by Anne, d. of Sir Thomas Manners, 4th s. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Rutland.
It was her brother, Sir Thomas Vavasour, Knt., who was created a baronet
in 1628, and died in his father's lifetime in 1632. Her father died in 1637,
aged 70. She was professed Jan. 1, 1625, and died Aug. 25, 1679, aged 73.
Her eldest sister, Mary, was twenty-five years abbess of the convent at
Brussels, and died in office in 1676, aged 76.
Do.
Mrs. Anne Morgan (in religion D. Benet) of Weston in War-
wickshire ; aged of 19.
B. 1604, at Weston-sub-Weathley, co. Warwick ; prof. Jan. I, 1625 ; d.
April 18, 1640. Her brother, Col. Thomas Morgan, of Heyford Hall, co.
Northampton, and of Weston, co. Warwick, raised a regiment of horse for
the King's service, and was slain at the first battle of Newbury, Sept. 20,
1643. His daughter Jane, his sole heiress, married in 1637 Sir John
Preston, of The Manor, Furness, co. Lancaster, 1st Bart.
4© RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
Do.
Mrs. Catherine Gascoigne, aged of 22, daughter to Sr. John
Gascoigne of Barnbow, in Yorkshire, Baronet.
B. 1600, d. of Sir John Gascoigne, of Parlington Hall, Lasingcroft Hall,
and Barnbow Hall, co. York, created a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1635, by
Anne, d. of John Ingleby, of Lawkland Hall, co. York, Esq. Prof. Jan. 1,
1625; elected abbess 1629, re-elected till 1641, and again 1645 till 1673;
died May 21, 1676, aged 76. Her sister Anne married George Thwenge, of
Heworth Hall and Hilton Castle, co. York, Esq., and was mother of the
priest, Thomas Thwenge, who was martyred at York, Oct. 23, 1680.
Do.
Mrs. Grace More (in religion D. Agnes) aged of 32.
B. I59i;d. of John More, of Bampton, co. Oxon, by Mary, d. of Thomas
More, of More Place, Herts, and Barnborough Hall, co. York, grandson of
the lord-chancellor. Prof. Jan. 1, 1625 ; died Mch. 4, 1655-6, aged 64. She
translated " A Treatise of the Ruin of Proper Love, and of the Building of
Divine Love," written in French by Dame Jeanne de Cambrai, O.S.A., of
which an imperfect transcript by Dame Susanna Phillips is now in the public
library at Lille.
Do.
Mrs. Anne More, aged of 24. Both these Mores were nighly
related to Mrs. Helen More, and descended from Sr. Thomas More
by younger Brs. of yt. family.
B. 1600, d. of Edward More, of Barnborough ; prof. Jan. 1, 1625 ; died
Nov. 9, 1662, aged 62. She was cousin to Dame Agnes More.
Do.
Mrs. Francis Watson (in religion D. Mary) aged of 15 ; she was
daughter to Mr. Richard Watson in Bedfordshire.
B. 1608, eldest d. of Richard Watson, of the Park, Ampthill, co. Bedford,
Esq., by Agnes, d. of John Whitbread, of Writtle, co. Essex, Esq., and sister
of John Whitbread, of Writtle, whose wife, Magdalen, daughter of Nicholas
Waldegrave, of Borley, co. Essex, was the sister of Frances, Countess of
Portland. Richard Watson's estate, Beckerings Park, or the Park, parcel of
the Honor and Manor of Ampthill, was sequestered for recusancy in 1644,
and it was there Fr. Augustine Baker found a refuge in his last days.
Frances Watson was professed Jan. 1, 1625, and died June 10, 1660.
1623 Dec. 2.
Mrs. Mary Hoskins aged of 20 for a lay Sr.
B. 1603 ; prof. Jan. 1, 1625 ; died March 4, 1667, aged 64. " Dorothie
Hoskins, her book, 1630," appears in a MS. formerly belonging to the convent
at Cambrai.
1623 Dec. 2.
Mrs. Jane Martin (in religion Sr. Martha) aged of 35 for a
lay Sr.
B. 1588 ; prof. Jan. 1, 1625 ; died April 1, 1631, aged 43.
June, 10. In ye Year 1624.
Entred Mrs. Margarette Yaxley, aged of 31, (in religion
D. Placida).
Cath. Rec. Soc. XIII.
To face p. 40.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 162O-1793 41
Daughter of Henry Yaxley, of Yaxley co. Suffolk, Esq. ; died Nov. 25,
1666. Her sister, Dame Mary Viviana Yaxley, born 1603, prof, at Brussels
May 9, 1 62 1, was one of the three nuns lent by that convent to initiate the
community at Cambrai ; returned to Brussels in 1650, and died there
Feb. 18, 1654. Another sister, Ursula Yaxley, made her profession in the
convent of Poor Clares, at Gravelines, in 1619. ,
id. 16.
Entred Mrs. Anne Timperly (in religion D. Scholastica,) aged
of 19, she was daughter to Sr. Thomas Timperly in Suffolk.
Born at Hintlesham Hall, co. Suffolk ; prof. 1625 ; died June 13, 1640,
aged 34.
id. 16.
Entred Mrs. Rebecca Browne for a lay sister, a gentlewoman, of
a good family, aged 20, (called in religion Str. Flavia) of Durham.
Died Feb. 2, 1665.
January ye 10. In ye Year 1625.
Entred ye Honble. Anne Eure (in religion D. Magdalene) aged
of 15, daughter to ye Right honble. Baron Eure of Malton in York-
shire.
Born 16 10, at Malton, 5th dau. of William, 4th Lord Eure of Wilton,
co. Durham, K.B., and Bart., by Lucy, dau. of Sir Andrew Noel, Knt., of
Dalby-on-the-Wold, co. Leicester. Died Nov. 9, 1662, aged 52.
Item.
Same day and year. — Entred ye honble. Catherine Eure, sister to
Mrs. Anne, and with Mrs. Elizabeth Bignall these two last went away.
[Mrs.] Stratford, aged of 15.
The Hon. Katherine Eure was the 6th and youngest dau. of Lord Eure.
9ber. ye 2d.
Came Misses Betty and Jane Howard, aged of 14 & 11,
daughters to Mr. Howard of Corbie.
Elizabeth and Jane Howard were daughters of Sir Francis Howard,
Knt, of Corby Castle, co. Cumberland, by his first wife Margaret, dau. of
John Preston, of the Manor in Furness, co. Lancaster, Esq. Sir Francis
was a younger son of Lord William Howard, of Naworth Castle, co. Cum-
berland, known as ' Belted Will.' Elizabeth Howard subsequently married,
Nov. 11, 1632, Edward Standish, of Standish Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., and
by her marriage contract, dated June 18, 1632, she had a fortune of ,£1500.
Her sister Jane is not named in the pedigree. Their brother Col. Thomas
Howard was slain at Atherton Moor, co. York, June 28, 1643, in the royal
cause.
June 21.
Enter'd Anthoes Latchmore (in religion D. Mildred,) aged of 29,
of an honest family, her parents were wealthy.
Born 1595 ; prof. 1627 ; died April 18, 1663. The correct spelling was
Lechmere.
Augt. ye 10.
Enter'd Mrs. Jane Cooke, (in religion D. Clare,) aged of 14, shee
was borne in Cambridge.
Born 161 1 ; prof. 1627 ; died Sept. 21, 1685.
42 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
Septr. 22.
Entre'd Anne Frere aged of 1 3 (in religion called D. Mechtild).
Born 1612 ; prof. 1628; died Jan. 26, 1676. She was probably a sister
or near relative of Dom Joseph Frere, O.S.B., a member of the ancient
family of that name seated in Essex, who died in 1694, aged 96.
June ye 18. In ye Year 1626.
Entre'd Mrs. Mary Hunt, aged of 34 : shee went away.
August 22.
Entered Mrs. Catherine Vavasour, aged of 16, sister to D. Lucy
before named.
Born 1610 at Haslewood Castle, co. York ; prof, under her own name
1628 ; died Aug. 18, 1676.
August 29.
Entre'd Mrs. Margaret Hadock aged of 25 : shee went away.
Daughter of Cuthbert Haydock, and sister of Robert Haydock, of
Cottam Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq.
December 23.
Entre'd Mrs. Margarette Cotton, aged of 19 of Bedhampton in
Hampshire (in religion called D. Winifride).
Born 1607; daughter of Richard Cotton, of Warblington and Bedhamp-
ton, co. Southampton, Esq. ; prof. 1628 ; died Nov. 5, 1662.
May ye first. In ye Year 1628.
Entre'd Mrs. Jane Cellar, aged of 25 for a lay Sr : she was borne
in Wales.
Born in the parish of Acoppen, co. Mon., 1603 ; prof. March 20, 1631;
died April II, 1683.
May ye 10.
Entre'd Mrs. Catherine Brent, (in religion D. Christina) & her
sister Mrs. Elizabeth Brent of Sloake in Oxfordshire, aged ye first of
27, ye second of 21.
Catherine, born 1601 ; prof. Augt. 15, 1629 ; abbess 1641-5 and 1677-81 ;
died Sept. 14, 1681. Elizabeth, born in Gloucestershire 1607 ; prof. Aug.
15, 1629 ; sent to found the convent at Paris in 1652, and died there April 1,
1660. They were daughters of William Brent, of Larkstoke, co. Gloucester,
Esq., of an ancient family which also had a seat at Banbury, co. Oxford.
Septr. ye 5.
Entre'd Mrs. Francis Browne (in religion D. Ebba) daughter to
Sr. Peter Browne of Kiddington in Oxfordshire, Baronet — aged of 19.
Born 1609, prof. 1629, died Sept. 22, 1631, aged 22. Her father, Sir
Peter Browne, Knt., married Margaret, dau. of Sir Henry Knollys, Knt.,
and died at Northampton of wounds received at the battle of Naseby. His
eldest son Henry was created a baronet by Charles II., July 1, 1659.
Ye same day & year.
Entred Mrs. Elinor Timperly, (in religion Str. Teresa) aged
of 22, sister to ye before mentioned De. Scholastica.
Born 1606 ; prof. 1630 ; died March 23, 1671.
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From the original formula of vows in the handwriting of
Dame Bridget More, O.S.B.
To face p. 43.
Cath. Rec. Soc. XIII.
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 162O-1793 43
December.
Entred Mrs. Margaretta Gascoigne, aged of 22, sister to De.
Catherine Gascoigne before mentioned.
Born April 22, 1608, at Barnbow Hall, prof. 1629, died Aug. 16, 1637,
aged 29. Her "Life" was written by Fr. Augustine Baker, and the MS.,
thought to be lost, has lately been found at Downside Abbey.
June 28. 1629.
Entred Mrs. Brigitt More aged of 19, sister to ye fore-
mentioned De. Gertrude More.
Born in Herts, 1609; prof. Sept. 24, 1630 ; sent with the colony of nuns
to found a new convent at Paris, and elected first prioress on Feb. 20, 1652,
in which office she remained till 1665 ; died there Oct. 12, 1692, aged 82.
Ye same day & year.
Entred Mrs. Mary Percy (of ye noble family of ye last Earl of
Northumberland) aged of 33 for a lay sister. She was called in religion
Sister Hilda.
Born 1596; prof. 1631 ; died Feb. 6, 1670. It is probable that she was
of the family of Percy of Beverley, co. York, and a near relative of Thomas
Percy, one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, grandson of Joselyn Percy,
4th son of Henry, Earl of Northumberland. A namesake, Mary Percy,
daughter of Francis Percy, of Scotton, co. York, and his wife Frances, dau.
of Ralph Vavasour, a younger son of the Haslewood family, was professed
at Ghent, Aug. 12, 1626.
It does not follow from a nun's profession as a lay-sister that she was
relegated to the menial work of the convent, and estranged from the choir
nuns. Dowers were required by ecclesiastical authority to safeguard
common life and common property. There is evidence of ladies not having
the required dower being taken as lay-sisters.
February ye first. In ye year 1630.
Entred Mrs. Hellen Kenion aged of 26 for a lay sister; her
parents were good sufficient people in Lancashire, and her sister
Margaret also a lay Sister.
Helen Kenyon was born 1604 ; prof. 1632 ; died Nov. 10, 1657. Margaret
was prof. 1632 ; died May 14, 1645.
April 27. In ye year 1631.
Entred Mrs. Mary Boult (in religion called Sr. Bennet) a gentle-
woman of a good family, aged 25 for a lay Sr.
Born 1606, of a Devonshire family, and probably a near relative of the
Rev. John Bolt, the chaplain and organist at the English Augustinian
convent at Louvain ; prof. 1633 5 died Oct. 10, 1659.
June 13. In ye year 1633.
Entred Mrs. Elinor Brent, aged of 22 (in religion called D. Ellin)
sister to D. Christina & D. Elizabeth Brent before mentioned.
Born 161 1 ; prof. 1635 5 died May 5, 1688. ^
August, ye 3d.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Vaughan, aged of 21, shee went away.
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Aug. 13.
Entred Mrs. Joane Risdon aged of 24 (in religion called
D. Gertrude) of a good family in Devonshire.
Born 1608, 3rd dau. of Giles Risdon, of Babeley in Parkham, co. Devon,
Esq., by Elizabeth, dau. and coh. of William Viell, of Trevorder, co. Corn-
wall, Esq., and his wife Jane, dau. of Sir John Arundell, of Trerice, in that
county ; prof. 1635 ; died Jan. 26, 1675. She was sister to Dom Thomas
Cuthbert Risdon, O.S.B.
Aug. ye 3rd. [1634]
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged of 18 (in religion Barbara).
She was natural daughter to a person of quality in England.
Born 1616 ; clothed 1634 ; prof, on her death-bed, and died Feb. 24,
1635.
June 23. In ye year 1638.
Entred Anne Taverne for a lay Sister, aged of 35 : She was borne
of honest parents in ye citty of Cambray.
Born 1603 ; prof. 1640 ; died Jan. 5, 1661.
August 31.
Entred ye Honble. Mrs. Lucy Cary aged of 19 (in religion called
De. Magdalena) and her Sister Mrs. Mary Cary aged of 17, daughters
to ye Right Honble. Harry Cary, Viscount of Faukland, some time
Vice Roy of Ireland.
Lucy, born 1619; prof. 1640; died Nov. I, 1650. Mary, born 1621;
prof. 1640 ; died Sept. 22, 1693. They were sisters to Anne dementia and
Elizabeth Augustina Cary. Dame Mary of St. Winefride Cary went with
her sister Anne Clementia to found the convent at Paris in Nov. 1651, but
returned to Cambrai in 1652.
Aug. 31.
Likewise entred Mrs. Barbara Constable, aged of 21, daughter
to Sir Philip Constable of Evringham in Yorkshire, Baronet.
Born 1617 ; prof. 1640; died Jan. 26, 1684. Her father was created a
baronet by Charles I., July 20, 1642, and was a severe sufferer in the royal
cause. Her mother was Anne, dau. of Sir William Roper, Knt., of Eltham
and St. Dunstan's, co. Kent. Two of Dame Barbara's brothers, Philip and
Thomas, were Benedictines. Two of her works have been referred to
elsewhere. Another is preserved at Stanbrook entitled " Gemitus Pecatorum,
or the Complaints of Sinners" dated at end Dec. 31, 1649, of which a tran-
script is at Bergholt. At p. 2 she states that she was nineteen when she
entered at Cambrai, which does not necessarily contradict the entry in the
text, as it may include the date of her first crossing over to the Continent.
She also says that her mother took her up into her arms when a new born
infant, and dedicated her wholly to the B.V. Mary.
Aug. 31.
Also entred Mrs. Catherine Gascoigne (in religion called
D. Justina) aged of 15, daughter to Sr. Thomas Gascoigne of Barnbow
in Yorkshire Baronet, & neece to D. Catherine Gascoigne afore
mentioned.
Born March I, 1623, at Barnbow Hall ; habit, Jan. 25, 1639 ; prof.
April 15, 1640 ; sent to Paris to join the new convent Feb. 6, 1652 ; prioress
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there 1665-90, and died there May 17, 1690. Her father was the 2nd
baronet ; and her mother was Anne, dau. of John Symeon, of Baldwins
Brightwell, co. Oxon, and sister of Sir George Symeon, Knt.
Aug. 31.
Also entred Mrs. Mary Tempest aged of i6, (in religion
De. Euphrasia) daughter to Mr. Tempest of Broughton in Yorkshire.
Born 1622, dau. of Sir Stephen Tempest, of Broughton Hall, Knt, by
his second wife Catherine, dau. of Henry Lawson, of Neesome, co. Durham,
Esq.; died Feb. 14, 1689.
Aug. 31.
Also ye same day entred with ye 5 precedent Mrs. Francis Lucy
aged of 16.
Born 1621; prof. 1640; died Jan 25, 1641.
October, 27.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Cary (in religion called De. Augustina)
aged of 21, daughter to Viscount Faukland & sister to Mrs. Lucy &
Mrs. Mary.
Born 1617 ; prof. 1640; died Nov. 17, 1682; younger sister to Anne
Clementia.
Oct. 29.
Likewisee entred ye honble. Mrs. Mary & Mrs. Francis
Stourton aged ye first of 14, ye other of 12 for pensionnars : they
were daughters to ye honble. Baron Stourton of Stourton ; they both
went away.
Daughters of William, 10th Baron Stourton, by Frances, dau. of Sir
Edward Moor, of Odyham, co. Southampton. Frances was buried at
Stourton, co. Wilts, Aug. 5, 1646, and Mary, Sept. 27, 1672. Lord Stourton
died in Aug., 1685.
March ye 8. In ye year 1639.
Entred Mrs. Anne Cary aged of 24 (in religion called D.
Clementia) daughter to ye Ld. Viscount Faukland & sister to Mrs.
Lucy, Mrs. Elizabeth, & Mrs. Mary Cary.
Born 161 5, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Cary, K.B., elevated to the peerage
of Scotland, Nov. 10, 1620, as Viscount Falkland, and his wife Elizabeth,
only dau. and heiress of Sir Laurence Tanfield, chief-baron of the Exchequer;
habit April 3, 1639 ; prof. 1640 ; sent with her sister Mary, and a lay sister,
Ann Scholastica Hodson, to establish a filiation of the convent at Paris in
Nov., 165 1 ; was assisted by Queen Henrietta Maria, to whom she had been
maid of honour at the court in England, and others, and in Feb., 1652, was
joined by more sisters from Cambrai, but through humility would not take
upon herself any office of superiority, and in consequence Dame Bridget
More was elected the first prioress of the new convent, Feb. 20, 1652 ; died
at Paris April 26, 1671. A long memoir of her appears in Cath. Rec. Soc. ix.
339-46.
She wrote the life of her mother, which was revised with notes by her
brother, the Hon. Patrick Cary, and remained in MS. at Cambrai till
the Revolution of 1793, when it was removed with the valuable library of the
abbey to the Archives of the Department of the North in Lille. It was
eventually published by Richard Simpson, Esq., under the title of "The
4^ RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
Lady Falkland : her Life, from a MS. in the Imperial Archives at Lille,"
London, 1861, 8vo.
I) N "
On ye same day— Entred Mrs. Isabella Gurney (in religion
called S. Teresa) aged of 24 for a lay Sister.
Born 161 5 ; prof. 1641 ; died Jan. 22, 1678.
March 23.
Entred Mrs. Issett Mullens aged of 23 for a lay Sister (in
religion called Sr. Angela.)
Born 1616 ; prof. 1640; died Dec. 6, 1641. She was probably connected
with the ancient Catholic family of Molyns of Mungewell Manor, co. Oxford,
of whom several were nuns at the English Augustinian convent at Pans, and
one, Francis, was chaplain there.
September 2.
Entred Mrs. Mary Hoghton (in religion called De. Eugenia)
aged of 18, daughter to Mrs. Hoghton of Park Hall in Lancashire &
neece to D. Catherine Gascoigne.
Born 1621, at Park Hall in Charnock Richard ; second dau. of Lieut.-Col.
William Hoghton, who was slain at the first battle of Newbury, Sept. 20,
1643, by Mary, dau. of Sir John Gascoigne, of Barnbow, co. York ; prof.
1 64 1 ; died March 12, 170 1.
September 2.
Ye same day also entred Mrs. Anne Hodson, for a lay sister, aged
of 18 of honest parents of ye parish of Leland in Lancashire (in religion
called Sr. Scholastica.)
Born 1 62 1 ; prof. Feb. 24, 1642 ; accompanied Dame Clementia Cary and
her younger sister Dame Mary to establish a filiation convent in Paris in
Nov., 1 65 1, and died there May 31, 1690.
April ye 17. In ye year 1640.
Entred Mrs. Catherine Sheldon daughter to Mr. Sheldon of
Beoly in Warwickshire, aged of 22.
Born 1617; dau. of William Sheldon, of Beoley, co . Worcester, and
Weston, co. Warwick, Esq., by Elizabeth, dau. of William, 2nd Lord Petre ;
prof. 1642 ; died April 18, 1650. Her parents were married in April, 1612.
Her eldest brother Ralph was the famous antiquary, and through his muni-
ficence was known as the Great Sheldon. Another brother, Edward, was a
Benedictine.
October 28. In ye year 1642.
Entred Mrs. Mary Lusher, aged of 18, for a lay sister (in religion
called Sr. Francis.) Her father being of a younger family was an
apothicary in London; her mother by younger Brs. was descended
from Sr. Thomas More.
Born 1624; prof. 1644; died July 28, 1687. Henry Lusher of London,
apothecary, signed his short pedigree at the Visitation 1634. He claimed
descent from the Surrey Lushers, through his father, Richard Lusher of North
Elmham, Norfolk, his mother being Anne, daughter of Thomas Whale
[? Whall] of Norwich. He returned his six children, by Frances, daughter of
Edward More of Haddon, Oxon, as— (1) Thomas; (2) Edward; Mary;
Elizabeth ; Anne ; and Bridget. {Harl. Soc. xvii. 71.)
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June ye 16. In ye year 1644.
Entred Mrs. Mary Appleton aged of 20 (in religion called D.
Marina) daughter to Sir Harry Appleton Bart, in Essex.
Born 1624, dau. of Sir Henry Appleton, 2nd Bart., of South Bemfleet, co.
Essex, by Joan, dau. of Edward Sheldon, of Beoley, and consequently first
cousin to Dame Catherine Sheldon ; prof. 1646 ; went to the new convent
in Paris in Feb., 1652, but returned with Dame Mary Cary to the mother-house
at Cambrai ; elected abbess 1681, and died in office Jan. 29, 1694. Her brother
Laurence was prior at Lambspring.
March 10. In ye year 1646.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Roper aged of 14 (in religion called D.
Benedicta) daughter to Mr. Roper of Tenham of ye Ld. Tenhams
family but of a younger house.
Born 1 63 1, dau. of Anthony Roper, of Eltham, co. Kent, and fourth
cousin to Christopher Roper, 4th Baron Teynham ; took the habit in 1647 ;
prof, on her death-bed, and died March 6, 1648.
August 24.
Entred Mrs. Cecilia Hall, aged of 19, & her sister Mrs. Catherine
Hall aged of 12, daughters to Mr. Hall of High Meadow in Gloucester-
shire. Mrs Catherine was called in religion sometimes D. Maura
sometimes D. Catherine.
Cecily, born May 22, 1625, third dau. of Benedict Hall, of High Meadow,
co. Gloucester, Esq., by Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Wintour, of Lydney,
co. Gloucester, Knt, and his wife Anne Somerset, dau. of Edward, 4th Earl
of Worcester ; prof. 1648 ; died March 13, 165 1. Catherine was born about
1634; prof. 165 1 ; abbess 1673-7; died March 17, 1692.
In ye year 1647.
Came Mrs. Elizabeth Gertrude Hodson aged of 21.
Born in the parish of Leyland, Lancashire, in 1626, and younger sister
of Sister Anne Scholastica Hodson ; prof, as a lay-sister March 1, 1650 ;
followed her sister to Paris in Feb. to assist in the foundation of that
convent, died there Oct. 7, 1652, and, as the community had then no burial-
place of their own, was interred at Port Royal.
May ye 3rd. In ye year 1648.
Entred Mrs. Mary Roper, aged of 14 : she went away.
Born 1634, sister to Elizabeth Benedicta, the novice.
July ye 4th.
Entred Mrs. Anne Middleton (in religion D. Benedicta) aged of
17, daughter of Sr. Peter Middleton of Stockhold in Yorkshire.
Born 1 63 1 ; prof. 1650 ; died Aug. 5, 1688.
July ye 4th.
Entred likewise Mrs. Mary Stapleton (in religion D. Etheldred)
aged of 23, daughter to Mr. Stapleton of Carleton in Yorkshire, neece
to Mrs. Catherine Gascoigne.
Born at Quosque Hall, 1624, dau. of Gilbert Stapleton, subsequently of
Carlton, Esq., by his 2nd wife Ellinor, dau. of Sir John Gascoigne, Bart.;
prof. 1650 ; died Aug. 6, 1668 {vide Waugh, Downside I\ev., July, 1909).
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August ye 5th. In ye year 1649.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Lusher aged of 20 for a lay Sister; shee
was sister to Sister Francis.
Born 1629; prof. 1651 ; died May 7, 1684. See under 1642.
March 24. In ye year 1651.
Entred Mrs. Brigett Lusher aged of 18, for a lay sister ; she was
sister to ye afore mentioned Sr. Francis and Sr. Elizabeth.
Born 1633; prof. 1653; died March 12, 1690.
July ye 5th. In ye year 1652.
Entred Mrs. Margaret Smith, aged of 16; she was sister to ye
now Bishop Smith.
Born 1636, daughter of Bartholomew Smith, of The Sohe, Winchester,
Esq., and sister of Bishop James Smith, V.A.-N.D. ; prof. ; died Augt. 14,
1680. Her father was high-sheriff of Hants in 1654.
September 18.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Shafto aged of 20, daughter to Mr.
Shafto of . . . (in religion called D. Gertrude).
Born 1632, sister to Dom Placid Shafto and Dom Celestine Shafto,
O.S.B., and daughter of Edward Shafto, of Bavington Hall, co. Northumber-
land, Esq., by Margaret, dau. of Edward Errington, of The Grange, co.
Northumberland, Esq. ; prof. 1653 ; died Augt. 8, 1654.
June ye 7th. In ye year 1653.
Entred Mrs. Clare Radcliffe, (in religion called D. Brigitt) aged
of 22 & her sister Mrs. Ursula Radcliffe aged of 20, daughter of Sr.
Edward Radcliffe of Diulston in Northumberland, Baronet ; sisters to
ye first Earl of Derwentwater.
Glare, born 1631 ; prof. 1655 ; died Augt. 11, 1681. Ursula, born 1633 ;
prof. 1655 ; died Oct. 30, 1689. They had four aunts, daughters of Sir
Francis Radcliffe, of Dilston Castle, 1st. Bart., who were Poor Clares at
Gravelines, and two nieces Augustinian nuns at Louvain.
7bre. ye 5th.
Entred Mrs. Dorothy Fleetwood aged of 27; she is gone away.
She was the youngest daughter of Sir Richard Fleetwood, of Calwich
Hall, co. Stafford, 1st Bart., by Anne, dau. of Sir John Peshall, of Horsley,
co. Stafford, 1st Bart. She became the second wife of Thomas Barnfleld,
of Wolverhampton and Dunston, by whom she had a son James Barnfleld,
aged four in 1663.
June 20. Year 1654.
Entred Mrs. Francis Timperly aged of 19 : she went away.
Daughter of Michael Timperley, of Hintlesham, co. Suffolk, Esq., and
his wife Frances, dau. of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, of Oxburgh, co. Norfolk,
Knt., was taken by her brother Dom Henry Gregory Timperley, O.S.B., to
the convent of the Blue Nuns at Paris in Sept., 1660. There she took the
habit, and died Nov. 19, 1661, aged 26. Vide C.R.S.^ viii.
July 20.
Entred Mrs. Joane Trevelyan aged of 31, (in religion called Sr.
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Catherine) for a lay Sister, daughter to Mr. Trevelyan of a very ancient
family in Cornwall and a gentleman.
Born 1623, apparently dau. of John Trevelyan, of Basill, co. Cornwall,
Esq., and his wife Mary, dau. and coheiress of George Arundell {vide
C.R.S. viii.) ; prof. 1656, died July 3, 1682.
In ye year 1655.
Entred (July 5th.) Mary Barbara Breton, aged of 19, borne
in ye citty of Cambray of good honest parents, for a lay-sister.
Born 1636 ; prof. ; died Sept. 28, 1689.
October ye first.
Entred Mrs. Francis Gascoigne, aged of 18, Sister to D. Justina
before mentioned.
Born Oct. 31, 1637, dau. of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, of Barnbow Hall, co.
York, 2nd. Bart., and sister of Dame Catherine Justina de S. Maria Gas-
coigne who left this convent to assist in the foundation of that at Paris in
1652 ; prof. 1657 ; died Sept. 21, 1708.
November ye 8th. In ye year 1660.
Came Mrs. Dorothy Fen wick, aged of 30 (called in religion Sr.
Alexia) for a lay sister ; she was a gentlewoman borne of a good family
in Northumberland.
Born 1630 ; daughter of Roger Fen wick, of Shortflat and By well, co.
Northumberland, Esq. (3rd son of Sir William Fenwick, of Wallington), by
Margaret, dau. of Sir William Blakiston, of Gibside. Her father was
married Feb. 26, 1626-7, ar*d died Feb. 23, 1635-6. Her nephew Sir Robert
Fenwick was knighted at Windsor May 17, 1683, and died in 1691, when his
children were brought up protestants. Sir Robert had two brothers Bene-
dictines, Dom Wm. Austin Fenwick and Dom Ludovick Laurence Fenwick,
and two sisters, Thomasine and Mary, Augustinians, another sister, Dorothy,
becoming the wife of Charles Tumour, eldest son of Sir Charles Tumour,
godson of Charles II. Sister Alexia died June 29, 1689.
same day.
Entred Mrs. Mary Errington, aged of 18, (in religion called D.
Agnes.) Also her sister Mrs. Margaret : she went away.— & Mrs.
Dorothy Cook who dyed a postulant.
Mary Errington, born 1642, was dau. of Nicolas Errington, of Ponteland,
co. Northumberland, Esq., by his first wife Margaret, second dau. of Roger
Widdrington, of Cartington, co. Northumberland, Esq. ; prof. 1662 ; died
June 4, 1662. Her sister Margaret was still unmarried at the time of the
Visitation of Northumberland in 1666.
December ye 19. In ye year 1666.
Came Mrs. Anne Gill aged of 26 and Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton,
for a pensionar at 1 1 years old : ye latter went away.
Anne Gill, born 1640 ; prof. 1668 ; died Feb. 1, 1692.
February ye 15. In ye year 1667.
Came Mrs. Elizabeth Legg (in religion D. Mary,) aged of 23,
daughter to lott Legg & neere relation to ye Lord Dartmouth; she
was borne in Ireland.
XIII. D
50 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
Born 1643; prof. 1669; died June 22, 1691. The reference to Lord
Dartmouth shows that the entry must have been made at a much later
period than is professed, for George Legge, governor of Portsmouth, was
only elevated to the peerage in Dec, 1682. In 1687 he was appointed
admiral of the fleet sent to intercept the Prince of Orange ; and after the
Revolution he was sent to the Tower, where he died Oct. 25, 1691.
November ye 19th. In ye year 1669.
Honorable Lady Barbara Cambell (in religion D. Melchiora)
enter'd this Monastery aged of 46 ; she had been professed & lived at
ye English Benedictines at Bruxelles about 27 years, she stayed here
just seven years & then returned back to ye house of her profession
where she died a few years after. She was daughter to ye Earl of
Argyle in Scotland, was a woman of a good capacity ; but having a
scruple to have left ye house of her profession she decided to go back,
& was presently condescended to, tho' she had not been so easily
admitted of for she had importun'd ye Superiors of our Congregation
almost 12 years together to come hither before they would admit of
her ; being for several reasons unwilling to take a person profess'd of
another house & under a different Government. Ye day after she
came into ye house she came into ye quire where all ye religious of our
Convent were present with lighted candells, the Veni Creator sung,
Rd. F. Confessor brought ye Bd. Sacrament to ye quire door where
before it she renewed her vows promising obedience to ye Congre-
gation. Ye paper was write, sealed & signed by her, & kept in our
depositum till ye day before she went away, when by order of our Rd.
F. President ye dames of ye Councill being assembled at ye parloir our
Rd. F. Confessor & Mr. Edward Thimbleby, Prevost of St. Geries, in
ye towne, being at ye grate for witnesses; ye paper was brought
thither & read to her & she was asked by Mr. Thimbleby if she
desired to have it cancelPd: she answered yes & having given her
reasons for her desire to return, ye paper was presently tore & burnt
with a candle there ready for yt end, & shee declared to be at liberty.
Consequently departed ye next morning.
Dame Barbara Melchiora Campbell, born 1624, youngest daughter of
Archibald Campbell, 7th earl of Argyll, by his first wife, the Lady Anne
Douglas, dau. of William, 7th earl of Morton, at the age of three years was
entrusted to the care of Lady Mary Percy, abbess of the English Bene-
dictines at Brussels, and was placed in the convent school June 8, 1628.
Thence after fourteen years she passed to the novitiate, received the habit
Dec. 28, 1642, under the religious name of Melchiora, and was professed
Jan. 6, 1644. She had two sisters nuns, one in the convent of Berlaymont,
contiguous to the English convent at Brussels, and the other professed in
the convent of La Cambre. As early as 1657 she petitioned to be admitted
into the abbey at Cambrai, but it was not until Nov. 19, 1669, that she was
permitted to enter. Soon after her reception she desired to return to her
old convent, but the Lady Abbess Vavasour would not have her back till
she had remained at Cambrai at least seven years. After the expiration of
this term, with the consent of Dame Catherine Maura Hall, the abbess of
Cambrai, and with dimissorial letters dated Nov. 28, 1676, from the president-
general of the English Benedictines, Dom Gregory Benedict Stapleton, she
returned to Brussels, where she resided till her death in 1688.
The Rev. Edward Thimbleby, provost of the cathedral of St. Gery in
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Cambrai, was a younger son of Richard Thimbleby, of Irnham Hall, co.
Lincoln, Esq., and his wife Mary, dau. of Edward Brookesby, of Shoby, co.
Lincoln, Esq., by Eleanor, dau. of William Vaux, 3rd Lord Vaux of Har-
rowden, and died July 17, — (date uncertain, according to Dodd. Ch. Hist. iii.
479, about 1690).
May 21. In ye year 1670.
Came D. Mary Anna Ayvay, a novice from ye English Benedictines
at Dunkerk, aged of 16, having taken ye habit there at 15. Her motive
of removall from thence hither was ye desire she had to be in our Con-
gregation & govern'd by ye order she profess'd. Shee came in ye Dun-
kerk habit which was chainged for ours at ye quire dore with ye cere-
monys of desiring her admittance, all ye religious present, ye litanies &
Veni Creator sung.
Born 1654; prof. 1672; died April 20, 1713. She was a few years
younger than the Franciscan, Fr. James Alban Ayray.
November ye 19.
Entred Mrs. Mary Conquest (in religion D. M. Benedict) aged
of 1 1 years, daughter to Mr. Conquest in Bedfordshire.
Born 1659 ; prof. 1677; died Nov. 19, 1686. Daughter of John Thimbleby
Conquest, of Houghton Conquest, co. Beds, Esq., by Eleanor, 5th dau. of
Benedict Hall, of High Meadow, co. Gloucester, Esq., and consequently
niece of Dames Cecily and Catherine Hall. Her sister Teresa was a
Benedictine nun elsewhere.
December ye 15.
Entred Mrs. Cecilia Hussey, aged of 18, daughter to Mr. Hussey
of Marnhull in Dorcetshire, with her little sister Mrs. Susanna aged of
10 & J. This latter went away.
Cecily, born 1652, was the only child of George Hussey, Esq., of Nash
Court in Marnhull, who purchased that manor in 165 1, by his first wife
Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Walcot, of Walcot Hall, co. Salop, Esq. ; prof.
1672 ; abbess 1705-10 ; died April 9, 1721. Her half-sister Susan was by
her father's second wife, Grace, dau. of Sir Lewis Dives, of Bromham, co.
Bedford.
January ye 18. In ye year 1671.
Entred Mrs. Anna Maria Thompson, aged of 15 : shee went
away.
September ye 2 1 .
Entred Mrs. Dorothy Hoghton (in religion D. Scholastica) aged
of 15, daughter to Mr. Hoghton of Park Hall in Lancashire, neece to
D. Eugenia before mentioned.
Born 1656, eldest dau. of John Hoghton, of Park Hall in Charnock
Richard, Esq., by his second wife Elizabeth, dau. and sole heiress of Edward
Ditchfield, of Ditton Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq. ; prof. 1674 ; abbess 1694-
1701, and again 1710-13 ; died Aug. 2, 1726. Her brother William married
Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Robert Dalton, of Thurnham Hall, and his
eldest son John assumed the name of Dalton about 17 10.
September ye 30.
Mrs. Susanna Phelypes aged of 23, daughter to Sr. James
52 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
Philips of Stoake Charity Baronet, & his lady Elizabeth Titchbourne
ye ancient seate of ye Phelypes was Barrington in Somersetshire.
Born 1648, eldest dau. of Sir James Phelips, of Stoke Charity, co. South-
ampton, 3rd. Bart., by Elizabeth, 3rd. dau. of Sir Richard Tichborne, of
Tichborne Hall, co. Hants, Knt. and Bart., by Susanna, dau. and coheiress
of William Waller, of Stoke Charity, Esq. ; prof. 1673 ; died Dec. 4, 1705.
Ye same day.
Entred with her, Mrs. Elizabeth, her sister, aged of 19, & Mrs.
Mary Cox aged of 29, these two latter went away again.
Elizabeth Phelips, baptized at Stoke Charity Jan. 27, 165 1, became heir
to her brother Sir James Phelips, 4th and last Bart., who joined James II. in
Ireland in Jan., 1688-9, and died at Cork March 18, 1689-90 ; she married
(settlement after marriage dated April 16, 1702) George Bolney, of Testwood,
and subsequently of Winchester, co. Southampton, Esq., who died in 1736,
and her will was dated June 20 of that year.
Mary Cox, dau. of Sir John Cox, of whom see under 1699.
Ye same day.
Entred Mrs. Anne Moore (in religion D. Magdalena,) aged of 13,
daughter to Sr. Henry Moore of Fawley in Berkshire, Knight Baronet.
Born 1698, dau. of the 2nd baronet according to the above statement,
but Burke, Extinct Baronetage, says she was grand-daughter, that is, dau.
of Francis Moore (Sir Henry's eldest son, who died before his father, June
3, 1683), by Frances, dau. and sole heir of Alexander Jermyn, of Cordington,
co. Sussex, Esq.; prof. 1675; cued Dec. 12, 17 19. Sir Henry died about
1690, and was succeeded by his grandson Sir Richard, and the baronetcy
became extinct upon the death of the tatter's son Sir Thomas Michael Moore,
6th Bart., of Fawley, April 10, 1807, who was interred under a large marble
slab in the chapel (now the refectory) of the convent at Stapehill, Dorset.
August 30. 1674.
Entred Mrs. Francis Pulleyn (in religion D. Placida,) aged of 21,
daughter to Mr. Pulleyn in York. Her mother was Mrs. Elizabeth
Saville by whose little nephew marrying ye Lord Thomas Howard,
Placida comes to be allied to ye new Duke of Norfolk.
Born 1653, dau. of . . . Pulleyn, of . . . co. York, Esq., by Elizabeth,
sister of Sir John Savile, of Copley, co. York, Bart. It was Mrs. Pulleyn's
niece, Mary Elizabeth Savile, who married Lord Thomas Howard. Prof.
1677 ; left upon her mother's death in 1675, but returned in the following
year, and was professed in Feb., 1677 ; died Jan. 16, 1720 {vide under
1676).
Ye same day.
Entred Mrs. Hall, Dowager of High Meadow in Gloucestershire,
who had lived in this Monastery a retired life, having her priest Revd.
F. Anselm Williams, a professed Monk of St. Malloes, when yt monastery
had belonged to ye English Congregation, & three servants ; her daughter
Rd. Mother Catherine Maura Hall was at yt time Abbess of yt convent.
Shee died ye 20 of March in ye year & lys buried under a tombstone
amongst our deceased religious, with ye Epitaph we shall hereafter
write down. Her daughter M. Cath. Maura dying some years after lyes
buried in ye same tomb.
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Anne, dau. of Sir Edward Wyntour, of Lydney, whose relationship with
the earls of Worcester has been given under the notice of Dame Cicely Hall,
was the widow of Benedict Hall, of High Meadow. She died March 20,
1676, aged 79. Her chaplain, Dom Anselm Williams, O.S.B., subsequently
founded the mission at Bath, and died there in 1693.
April ye 30. In ye year 1676.
Entred Mrs. Mary Crookshank, Mrs. Betty Moone, & Mrs.
Betty Ayray, ye two last for pensionnars, all three went away.
December ye 13.
Entred Mrs. Betty Farmour aged of 10 & a half, for a
pensionnar : she went away.
Born 1665, <*au. of Richard Fermor, of Tusmore, co. Oxon., Esq., by
Frances, dau. of Sir Basil Brooke, of Madeley Court, co. Salop, Knt., by
Frances, dau. of Henry, 4th Lord Mordaunt. She married in 1687 Stephen
Tempest, of Broughton Hall, co. York, Esq., and died Dec. 29, 1738,
aged 73.
The same day.
Entred for a second time Mrs. Francis Placida Pulleyne who
had performed more than a year noviceship ye first time she came,
but was obliged upon her Mother's death to goe into England to settle
her temporal business, & returning again was professed ye February
following.
Vide under 1674.
Also Elizabeth Camplin for a lay-sister.
Prof, under her own name in 1678 ; died Nov. II, 1705.
June ye 2nd. In ye year 1677.
Entred Mrs. Joan Hoghton ; went away.
2nd dau. of John Hoghton, of Park Hall, and sister of Dame Dorothy
Scholastica. She married Richard Walmesley, of Showley Hall, co.
Lancaster, Esq., and died Nov. 13, 1722.
July ye 17.
Entred Mrs. Catherine Swinburne & her sister Mrs. Anne ; all
these three came for pensionnars & went away.
The two eldest of the 13 daurs. of Sir John Swinburne, of Capheaton,
co. Northumb., 1st Bart., by Isabel, d. and h. of Henry Lawson, of Brough
Hall, co. York, Esq. Cath. became a nun at Saumur. Anne became the
wife of Nich. Thornton, of Nether Witton, co. Northumberland, Esq.
August.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Collingwood, aged of 18, & her mayde
Anne Batmanson aged of 29, for a lay sister, ye first went away.
Elizabeth Collingwood, daughter of George Collingwood, of Eslington, co.
Northumberland, Esq., by Agnes, dau. and coh. of John Fleming, of Rydal,
co. Westmoreland, Esq., had uncles Thomas, a Jesuit, and Roger Anselm,
a Benedictine, and two brothers Robert and Charles, Jesuits. Her eldest
brother George was executed at Liverpool, Feb. 25, 17 16, for taking part in
the Rising of 1715.
Anne Batmanson's brother William, if not her father likewise, lived on a
farm at Ushaw, co. Durham, now the site of Ushaw College ; prof. 1680 ;
died Feb. 1, 1701.
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October 15. In ye year 1678.
Entred Mrs. Mary Errington & her Sister Mrs. Margaret for
pensionnars & went away.
Daughters of Mark Errington, of Ponteland, co. Northumberland, Esq.,
by Anne, dau. of Gilbert Stapleton, of Carlton Hall, co. York, Esq., and
sister and eventual heiress of Sir Miles Stapleton, 1st Bart.
June ye 13. In ye year 1681.
Entred Mrs. Catherine Kenet and her Sister Isabella, aged of
30, & 27, daughters to Mr. Kenet of Coxhoe in Bishoprick.
3rd and 4th daughters of John Kennett, of Coxhoe Hall, Esq., by Troth,
dau. of Sir Thomas Tempest, of Stella Hall, co. Durham, Bart., son of Sir
Nicolas Tempest, of Stella, 1st Bart., by Isabel, dau. of Robert Lambton, of
Lambton Castle. Catherine, prof, under her own name, 1683; died May 5,
1700. Isabella, likewise prof, under her own name, 1683; died Feb. 21,
1733-
Ye 29 of October.
Entred Mrs. Mary Dodd aged of 29, for a lay sister, & Mrs.
Catherine Agatha Fazakerly, aged of 23 ; she had been 3 years a
novice at ye Augtines. at Paris.
Mary Josepha Dodd, born 1652 ; prof.; died Dec. 8, 1715. Catherine
(in religion Agatha) Fazakerley, born 1658, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerley, of
Fazakerley Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., (by Winefrid, dau. of Edward Tarleton,
of Aigburth Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq.), and grand-daughter of Capt. Nicholas
Fazakerley, who was slain in the royal cause at Liverpool in Oct., 1643, was
prof. 1683 ; died Sept. 20, 1726.
June ye 26. In the year 1682.
Entred Elizabeth Smith (in religion Sr. Martha), aged of 22 for
a lay sister.
Prof.; died Sept. 7, 1737.
October ye 3d. In ye year 1683.
Entred Mrs. Dorothy Widrington aged of 17, daughter to cap-
tain Edward Widdrington, a younger Br. to ye Lord Widdrington, &
Mrs. Shaftoe, aged of 30. — Both went away.
Dorothy Widdrington's father Edward, second son of William 1st Lord
Widdrington, of Widdrington Castle, Northumberland, who fell fighting in
the royal cause at the battle of Wigan Lane, Augt. 25, 165 1, and died a day
or two later, married Dorothy, elder dau. and coheir of Sir Thomas Horsley,
of Horsley Castle, co. Northumberland, Knt., and was slain in the service
of James II. at the battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1691. Miss Shaftoe was one
of the five daughters of George Shaftoe, of Bavington, co. Northumberland,
gent.
July ye 5th. In ye year 1684.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Hoghton, aged of 1 7 ; gone away.
3rd dau. of John Hoghton, Esq., and sister of Dorothy and Joan.
July ye 20.
Entred Mrs. Mary Swinburne, aged of 20, daughter to Sr. John
Swinburne, Baronet of Capheaton in Northumberland, & her sister
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Mrs. Isabella aged of 19; this latter went about ye middle of her
Noviceship into England to be cured of as it was thought ye Kenill
& dyed there & was ye first Catholic buried in St. James' Chappell
when our monks were chaplains to K. James ye 2nd. of Blessed
memory. She was buried in our habit.
3rd and 4th twin-daurs. of Sir John. "Mary," an error for Margt.,
became abbess 1 701-5 and 1713 till death, Apr. 20, 1 741. Isabel, Sr. Gertrude,
died April 1, temp. James II.
May ye 29. In ye year 1685.
Honorable Dorothy Widdrington aged of 19, (in religion called
D. Agnes) daughter to ye Right Honorable Baron Widdrington, of
Widdrington Castle, in Northumberland, peere of England, & ye Lady
Charlotte Bertie, neece to ye Earl of Lindsay.
Born 1666, 3rd dau. of Sir William Widdrington, 2nd Lord Widdrington,
by Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Sir Peregrine Bertie, Knt., of Eveden, co.
Lincoln, younger son of Robert, first earl of Lindsey, who fell in the royal
cause at the battle of Edgehill, Oct. 23, 1642 ; prof. 1687 ; died Feb. 18,
1733. Her parents were married at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Jan. 2,
1653-4.
Ye same day.
Entred Mrs. Mary Williams, aged of at, daughter to Sir Thomas
Williams Knight; shee died when shee was a postulant & is buried
amongst our religious.
September ye 7. In ye year 1686.
Entred Mrs. Winifride Knightly, aged of 1 7 ; she fell sick as
soon as shee came to ye house, & after six weeks in a malignant
feaver shee died & is buried amongst our religious.
November ye 11.
Entred Mrs. Brigitt Meynell, aged of 14, (in religion called Mary
Teresa) daughter to Mr. Meynell of Killvington in Yorkshire.
Born 1672, dau. of Roger Meynell, of North Kilvington Hall, Esq., by
Mary, dau. of Sir John Middelton, of Thurntoft, second son of Sir Peter
Middelton, of Stockeld, co. York ; prof. 1689 ; died July 4, 1697.
June ye 2d. In ye year 1688.
Entred Mrs. Margarette & Mrs. Monica Jenison, (in religion
D. Augustina,) ye first aged of 18 went away, ye second aged of 15.
They were daughters to Mr. Jenison of Wallworth in Bishoprick.
Daughters of John Jenison, of Walworth Castle, co. Durham, Esq., by
his second wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Pierson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Esq. Margaret was born July 4, 1670. Monica Augustina, baptized May
4, 1673 j prof. 1693 ; died April 5, 1747.
7bre 21.
Entred Mrs. Jane Crane aged of 17, went away.
Dau. of Francis Crane, of Woodrising, co. Norfolk, Esq., by the Hon.
Mary Widdrington, dau. of William, 1st Lord Widdrington.
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About 7bre. In ye year 1691.
Mary Gandelier, borne of honest parents in a village in ye
diocese of Cambray, was admitted to be a lay-sister by the convent
where she had faithfully and laboriously served ye space of . . . years.
Aged of 20 she was an out Sr. 6 years, then desired & received ye black
veyle. She retired from her village upon an accident which was yt.
haveing desired a little boy their neighbour to helpe her to bring up ye
cowes he was drowned in a bog, upon wh. his parents troubled her for
a sum of money to be rid of their importunity she came hither.
December ye 16.
Entred Elizabeth Taylour (in religion called Sr. Bennet,) aged
of 2 7, for a lay-sister.
Prof. ; died Feb. 10, 1707.
May ye 5th. In ye year 1692.
Entred Mrs. Margaret Chilton, (in religion called D. Gertrude)
aged of 21.
Born 1 67 1 ; prof. 1694 ; died April 10, 1733.
August ye 4th.
Entred Mrs. Anne Sinclaire, of Lord Sinclaire's House in Scot-
land aged of 24, she went away.
A relative of Henry, 8th Baron Sinclair. It was probably she who went
from here to the convent of the Blue Nuns at Paris, and took the veil in
1693, kut did not persevere.
March 23. In ye year 1693.
Entred Mrs. Dorothy Englefield, aged of 17, (in religion called
D. Benedicta) daughter to Mr. Englefield of White Knights in
Berkshire.
Born 1676, dau. of Anthony Englefield, of White Knights, Esq. (grand-
son of Sir Francis Englefield, of Englefield, co. Berks, and Wotton Basset,
co. Wilts., 1 st Bart), and his wife Alice, dau. of Thomas Stokes, of London,
Esq.; prof. 1695 '> died July 3, 1725.
August ye 3d.
Entred. our Convent my Lady Dowager Crosland, widdow to Sr.
Jordan Crossland Knight, aged of 66, (to lead a retired life) with her
two Grandchildren viz: Mrs. Dorothy Langdale aged of 16, (in
religion D. Constantia) & Mrs. Joan Crossland for a pensionnar
aged of 14 : she went away.
Dame Bridget Crosland was a dau. of John Fleming, of Rydal Hall, co.
Westmoreland, Esq., and sister and coheiress to William Fleming, Esq.
Dorothy Constantia Langdale, born 1677, was dau. of Philip Langdale, of
Houghton Hall, co. York, Esq., by Bridget, dau. of Sir Jordan Crosland,
Knt., of Helmsley, co. York, constable of Scarborough Castle. She was
niece to Fr. Henry Crosland, S. J., born 1655, who died in 1724, and the
Rev. George Crosland, born in March, 1665, who died Oct. 12, 1729, and
was buried in the chapel at Haslewood Castle, late the residence of his sister
Jane, wife of Sir Walter Vavasour, 3rd Bart. She was professed 1695 and
died Jan. 28, 1760.
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Ye same day.
Entred 3 of Mr. Meynell of Killvington daughters : Mrs. Mary
(in religion called D. Mary Benedicta), aged of 16, Mrs. Elizabeth,
aged of 17, Mrs. Jane aged of 15, for pensionnars : the two latter went
away.
Sisters of Bridget, who came in 1686. Mary Benedicta, born 1677;
prof. 1695; died Feb. 4, 1764. Elizabeth married Peter Middelton, of
Stockeld, Esq., and Jane became the wife of Marmaduke Palmes, of
Naburn, co. York, Esq.
May ye 21. In ye year 1694.
Entred Mrs. Susan Bruning, aged of 22, daughter to a young
Br. of . . . borne in ye Indies, shee went away.
Her father, Francis Bruning; who died at Surinam in the West Indies in
1698, was a younger son of Anthony Bruning, of Wymering, co. Hants,
Esq., by his second wife, Mary; 2nd dau. of Francis Hyde, of Pangbourne,
co. Berks, Esq.
October ye 10.
Entred Mrs Mary Trowlope aged of 28, for a lay sister : she
went away.
October ye 13.
Entred Mrs. Catherine Chillton aged of 22 (in religion called
Catherine Teresa.)
Born 1672, sister of Margaret, who entered in 1692; prof. 1696; died
March 10, 1739.
April ye 27. In ye year 1695.
Entred Mrs. Michelle De Latre (in religion called D. Ethel-
dreda) aged of 22.
Born 1673, dau. °f John and Mary De Latre, of London ; prof. 1697 ;
died March 8, 17 . Three of her brothers became Benedictines.
August ye 10.
Entred Mrs. Margaret Harrington aged of 11 (in religion
D. Maura,) daughter to Mr. Harrington of Egbourth, his ancient Seate
Huyton Hay in Lancashire.
Born 1684, dau. of John Harrington, of Huyton Hey and Aigburth Hall,
co. Lancaster, Esq., by Dorothy, dau. and heiress of Edward Tarleton, of
Aigburth Hall, Esq. ; prof. 1701 ; died Feb. 6, 1720.
In September.
Entred her sister Anne for a pensionnar, aged of 12; she went
away in May 1698.
Upon the death of her brother Charles Harrington, Esq., in 1720,
Aigburth Hall and the manor of Huyton passed to the Molyneux family
of New Hall, in West Derby, co. Lancaster.
October ye 30. In ye year 1696.
Entred Mrs. Teresa Blake, aged of 15, for a pensionnar, gone
away.
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May ye 27. In ye year 1697.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Kennet daughter & heiress to Mr.
Cuthbert Kennet of Coxhow in Bishoprick of Durham, aged of 12,
for a pensionar. She was after some stay here sent by her friends
order to Paris where after having past neere two years shee desired
to return hither again & was called in religion D. Mary Agnes. She
gave 6oo;£ sterling to build an infirmary, & 100^ for silver candle-
sticks in ye church, besides a plentifull portion.
Born 1685, dau. and heiress of Cuthbert Kennett, of Coxhoe, co. Durham,
Esq., and his wife Frances, dau. of Richard Towneley, of Towneley Hall,
co. Lancaster, Esq. ; prof. 1702 ; died Feb. 6, 1723.
March ye 12. In ye year 1698.
Entred Mrs. Ellin Lestrange aged of 21 — for an out sister
(called in religion Sr. Teresa.) She was borne in Dublin in Ireland
of honest & very good Catholic parents.
Ellen Teresa L'Estrange was born 1677 ; received 1700; died Jan. 7, . . .
May ye 3d.
Entred Elizabeth Ryder, aged of 29, for a lay sister (in religion
called Sr. Scholastica.)
Born 1669; prof. 1700; died Augt. 20, 1722.
Ye same day.
Entred Elizabeth Home aged, of 24, for a lay Sister : she went
away.
June ye 8th.
Entred Mrs. Perpetua Hesketh, aged of 18, she went away,
& Mrs. Francis Howett aged of 13, (in religion called D. Mary
Winifride.)
Perpetua, born 1680, dau. of Thomas Hesketh, of Maynes Hall in Little
Singleton, co. Lancaster, Esq., by Margaret, dau. of George Talbot, of New
Hall in Salesbury, co. Lancaster, Esq., married Edward Holland, of Sutton,
co. Lancaster, gent. Frances Hawett, born 1685, dau. of Thomas Hawett,
of Ormskirk, co. Lancaster, Esq., and his wife, a dau. of Hugh Holland, of
Roby, gent., was niece of Dom Edmund Hawett, O.S.B. ; prof. 1702 ; died
Dec. 4, 1734; and her sister Jane married in 1709 John Westby, of White
Hall, in Upper Rawcliffe, co. Lancaster, Esq.
7bre [Sept.].
Entred Mrs. Anne Hoghton aged of 12, for a pensionar; — gone
away.
Dau. of William Hoghton, of Park Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., by Eliza-
beth, dau. and coh. of Robert Dalton, of Thurnham Hall, in the same
county, Esq. Her eldest brother John assumed the name of Dalton.
June ye 22. In ye year 1699.
Entred Mrs. Mary Bradshaich aged of 16, for a pensionar
she gone away.
August ye 3d.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Prichard, aged of 15 for a pensionar
gone away.
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August 25.
Entred Madame la Baronne de Bussie, Dowager of Bussie, to
retire herselfe for a time, aged of 63 ; shee stayed about four years
with her maide & then went away.
November 21.
Entred Mrs. Mary Cox aged of 20: shee went away. & Mrs.
Mary Toldewine for a lay sister, aged of 24, (in religion called
Sr. Mary Magdalene.)
Mary Cox was daughter of Gabriel Cox, of Farmingham Lodge, co.
Kent, Esq., by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Sneade, of Eaton Bishop
and Broxwood Court, co. Hereford, Esq., and his wife Elizabeth Napier.
Her father died in exile at the court of James II. at St. Germains. He was
son of Sir John Cox, who was slain at the battle of Solebay, May 27, 1672,
being then in command of the Duke of York's flag-ship " Prince." Sir John's
father, Richard, lost his life in the royal service at the battle of Newby.
Sr Mary Magdalen Toldewine, born 1675 5 Pr°f« l7°l > died Jan. 31,
I749-
November ye 2t.
Entred ye Honorable Jane Widdrington, daughter to ye Right
Honble. Ld. Widdrington of Widdrington Castell theretofore maide of
honor to her Majesty Catherine of Portugall, Queen to Charles the 2nd.
of England, whose court shee left [and] all ye honors & preferments she
did & might have enjoyed in the world, which actually smiled upon
her at ye very time she forsooke it, to come & lead a retired life in
this our Monastery with her sister D. Agnes. Ye Chappell of yd.
[? ye] dead in our garden is one monument of her piety, ye building
of it cost her 100^ sterling.
Born at Berwick, Jan. 26, 1661-2, and dau. of William, 2nd Lord
Widdrington, governor of Berwick, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. of Sir
Peregrine Bertie, of Eveden, co. Lincoln, Knt., 3rd son of Robert, first
earl of Lindsey.
June ye 14th. In ye year 1701.
Entred Mrs. Mary Horton, aged of 9, for a pensionar gone away.
August ye 5.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, aged of 16, for a pensionar,
gone away.
December 1st.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Rigmaiden, aged of 14, for a pensionar,
gone away.
Probably sister to Dom Simeon Benedict Rigmaiden, O.S.B., a col-
lateral branch of the ancient Lancashire family of Rigmayden, of Wedacre
Hall.
May ye 8th. In ye year 1702.
Entred Mrs. Elizabeth Hoghton, aged of 16, for a pensionar,
gone away.
Dau. of William Hoghton, of Park Hall, Esq., and his wife Elizabeth,
dau. and coh. of Robert Dalton, of Thurnham Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq.,
married, 1st, Edward Errington, of Walwick Grange, co. Northumberland,
Esq., and 2ndly, Edward Charlton, of Hesleyside,in the same county, M.D.
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October 17.
Entred Mrs. Mary Mansfield aged of 20. (in religion D. Maria
Gertrude.)
Born 1682, dau. of Richard Mansfield, of Ballinamultina, co. Waterford,
Esq., who married, in 168 1, Dorothea, dau. of Matthew Hore, of Shandon,
in the same county. Her grandfather, Walter Mansfield, suffered much
during the Commonwealth. She was prof, in 1704, and died May 18, 17. . .
December ye 20.
Entred Mrs. Brigitt Coffine, aged of 24 (in religion D. Brigitte.)
Prof. 1704 ; died April 24, 1758. She is named in the will of her cousin,
Miss Mary Coffin, of Ramsden Heath, co. Essex, Jan. 7, 1726, who had
inherited the manor of Chawreth from her grandmother, Mrs. Audeley, of
Ramsden Belhouse.
June 22, 1703.
Entred Mra Mary Middleton aged of 12, for a pensionar, gone
away.
Daughter of Peter Middelton, of Stockeld, co. York, Esq., and his wife
Elizabeth, dau. of Marmaduke, 3rd Lord Langdale. She subseqently went
to the English Augustinian convent at Paris, where she was professed in
171 1, under the name of Magdalen Teresa, and died in 1773. Her aunt
Elizabeth Mary Middelton was professed in the same convent in 1685, and
died in 1727.
June ye 23.
Entred Mrs Mary Gascoigne aged of 15, Mrs Elizabeth
Plumpton, aged of 12, and Mr8 Margaret Grimstone, aged of 14
for a pensionars. All gone away. Mrs Plumpton went away July 2 1 .
1709.
Mary, dau. of John Gascoigne, of Parlington Hall, co. York, Esq. (by
Mary, dau. and heir of Roger Widdrington, Esq.), and sister of Sir Edward
Gascoigne, 5th Bart., returned to the convent to become a nun — vide
under 1712.
Elizabeth Plumpton, born May 26, 1692, was the eldest daughter and
eventual coheiress of Robert Plumpton, of Plumpton Hall, co. York, Esq., by
his first wife Anne, dau. and con. of Nathaniel West, of Borwick Hall,
co. Lancaster, Esq., grandson of Thomas West, 2nd Lord Delawarr. Mrs.
Plumpton's mother, Elizabeth West, had been previously married to Robert
Sayer, of Worsall, co. York, Esq., and after Mr. West's death married
thirdly George Leyburne, of Cunswick Hall, co. Westmoreland, and Nateby
Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq. Elizabeth Plumpton was twice married, first, to
Marmaduke Anne, of Frickley Hall, co. York, Esq., marriage settlement
dated 1 & 2 March, 1716, and, secondly, to William Knight, Esq., of
Kingerby, co. Lincoln, subsequently of Frickley, and had issue by both
husbands. Elizabeth Plumpton's brother John, born April 27, 1693, mar-
ried Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of John Gascoigne, of Parlington, Esq., and sister
of Sir Edward, 5th Bart., and had a son Robert, born April 23, 1721, after
whose death at Cambrai, Aug. 8, 1749, unmarried, the Plumpton estates
passed to the heirs of Elizabeth and her sister Frances {vide under 1714).
Margaret Grimston was a grand-daughter of William Grimston, of
Grimston Garth, co. York, Esq. (by his second wife, a daughter of Sir
Robert Strickland, of Thornton Briggs, co. York), one of whose daughters
married as his second wife Philip Langdale, of Houghton Hall, named under
the next entry.
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May ye 19, 1704. In ye year 1704.
Entred M™ Ursula Langdale, aged of 21, for religion, gone
away.
Dau. of Marmaduke Langdale, of Langthorpe, eld. son of Philip Lang-
dale, of Houghton Hall, co. York, Esq., by his first wife, Bridget, dau. of
Sir Jordan Crosland.
June ye 19. In ye year 1705.
Came Mra Mary Howett, aged of 18, for a pensionar gone away.
Sister to Dame Frances Mary Winefred Hawett — vide under 1698.
July.
Entred Mrs Alathea Swinburne, aged of 1 7, daugter to Sr John
Swinburne of Capheaton (in religion called D. Mary Teresa.) Shee
founded a Mass to be sayd in our Church for her life time daily and a
year after her death to be continued and did many other things for ye
conveniancy & advantage of ye Convent.
Item — Entred Mra Elizabeth Forcer & her sister Mary, aged
of 1 6 & 11 : gone away.
Alethea, 13th dau. of Sir John Swinburne, created bart. 1660, and his
wife Isabel, dau. and sole heiress of Henry Lawson, of Brough Hall, co. York,
Esq., by Cath., d. and h. of Sir William Fenwick, of Meldon, co. Northum-
berland, Knt. ; prof. 1707 ; died May 24, 1762. She had 11 brothers.
Elizabeth and Mary Forcer were daughters, by his first wife Alethea,
dau. of Charles, Lord Fairfax, (and his wife Bridget, dau. of Basil More, of
Barnborough Hall, co. York, Esq.), of John Forcer, of Old Elvet, eldest son
and heir of George Forcer, of Harberhouse, co. Durham, Esq., by Isabel,
dau. of John Swinburne, of Capheaton, Esq. Elizabeth died Aug. 21, 1728,
and was buried in St. Michael-le- Belfry, York. Mary died at Gilling Castle,
the Yorkshire seat of Lord Fairfax, in 1760.
July ye 2nd In ye year 1706.
Entred Mre Elizabeth O'More (in religion called D. Maria
Joseph,) aged of 32. Shee had been here some years before & taken ye
habit but went away & was a postulant at ye Benedictines at Paris,
then a Novice at ye Benedictines at Gaunt, after which she went into
England & having stayd 6 years she grew weary of the world & came
out of England in order to have come hether but took up at ye
Teresians at Antwerp when shee did more than a year's noviceship
being much edified with the religious comportment of those Nuns
which made her enter amongst them ; but perceiving it was not her
vocation to be there & thinking herself obliged to follow her first
vocation shee resolved to come & present herselfe here which shee did
& was admitted. Shee was born in England, but her father was de-
scended from ye O'more in Ireland. It was her great Grand Father
who stood out against Queen Elizabeth for 7 years together maintening
an army at his expense for ye defence of his nation & Catholic religion.
Her father in ye time of Oates' Plots died in confinement for ye true
religion.
Born 1674 ; prof. 1708; died Augt. 7, 1720.
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June ye 15.
Entred M™ Sara Hodgkins, aged of 14, for a pensionar : gone
away June 16, 171 1.
June ye 15.
Also entred Mrs Elizebeth Trap aged of 13 : gone away June
16, 1711.
Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Francis Trappes-Byrnand, of Nidd Hall, co. York,
Esq., by Elizabeth, sister and coheiress of Ralph Appleby, of Linton, co.
York, Esq., and Mary, his wife, dau. of John Tempest, of Broughton Hall,
co. York, Esq. She was baptized at Nidd Hall, Augt. 4, 1693, and was
buried there Feb. 17, 1729.
Item.
Entred Mrs Elizabeth Darling, aged of 34, for a lay-sister, gone
away.
Item.
Entred Mr8 Catherine Comblin, for a lay-sister, aged of 20;
gone away.
June 23. In ye year 1707.
Entred Mrs Jane Paston, aged of 13; gone away 16 of June —
1711.
Daughter of John Paston, of Horton Court, co. Gloucester, Esq., by
Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Tichborne, 3rd Bart., of Tichborne,
co. Hants, by Mary, daughter of William Arundell, Esq., and niece of
Thomas, Lord Arundell of Wardour.
Item.
M" Lucy Howard, aged of 27, entred in August & went soon
after.
Daughter of William Howard, of Corby Castle, co. Cumberland, Esq.,
by Jane, daughter of John Dalston, of Acornbank, co. Westmoreland, Esq.,
and sister of Elizabeth Howard who came in 171 1. Her father died in
1708.
September ye 21. In ye year 1708.
Entred Mrs Mally Butler, aged of 9 years for a pensionar &
went away.
Mary Butler is frequently mentioned in the diary of Thomas Tyldesley,
the Jacobite, as " cos. Malley Butler." She was dau. of Henry Butler, of
Rawcliffe Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., by his first wife, Magdalen, grand-
daughter and ultimately heiress of Sir John Girlington, of Thurland Castle.
December.
Entred Mrs Mary Slaughter, aged of 31, for a lay-sister: gone
away.
Apparently dau. of Bellingham Slaughter, of Cheney Court, co. Here-
ford, Esq., by Winifred, dau. of John Berington, of Winsley, co. Here-
ford, Esq.
January ye 17. In ye year 1709.
Entred MrB Anne Plumpton, aged of 12, (in religion D. Mary
Angela) daughter to Mr Plumpton of Plumpton.
Born April 25, 1697, sister to Elizabeth, vide under 1703; prof. 1713;
died Dec. 20, 1779.
DAME ANNE MARY ANGELA PLUMPTON, O.S.B.
From a portrait at Burghwallis Hall, the seat of Major Ernest Lambert
Swinburne Charlton Anne. The veil and wimple at some later period
have been repainted in place of the original Benedicline head-dress.
To face p. Gz
Cath. Rec. Soc. XIII.
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Item.
Mrs Rebecca Hewett, a widdow aged of 38, for a lay-sister:
she went away.
June ye 7.
Entred Mrs Barbara Howley, aged of 16 for a pensionar: gone
away.
August ye 29.
Entred Mra Cecilia Plumpton & her sister Jane: they are
twins & both aged of 9 & a half: gone away.
Born March 5, 1 699-1 700, daughters of Robert Plumpton, Esq., and
sisters of Elizabeth Plumpton, vide under 1703. Their mother, Anne West,
died June 19, 1705, and their father married secondly, Juliana, dau. of
Thomas Appleby, of Linton-upon-Ouse, and relict of Rowland White, Esq.
She died June II, 1708, s.p., after which three more of the girls were sent to
Cambrai, and their father married thirdly, Isabel, dau. of William Anderton,
of Euxton Hall, Esq., and his wife Mary, dau. of William ffarington, of
Worden Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., by whom he had no issue. Cecily re-
turned, was professed in 171 7 under the name of Bernarda, and died
April 28, 1768. Jane died a spinster, May 3, 1726.
September 4.
Entred Mrs Margaret Trapps of Nid in Yorkshire, aged of
little more than 1 1 — gone away.
Sister of Elizabeth Trappes, and 3rd dau. of Francis Trappes-Byrnand ;
born 1697 ; married George Crathorne, of Ness Hall, co. York, Esq.
September ye 27.
Entred M1*8 Anne Warvick, aged of 31, daughter to Mrs War-
vick of Warwick in Cumberland.
Dau. of Thomas Warwick, of Warwick Hall, Esq., by Frances, dau. of
John Dalston, of Acornbank, co. Westmoreland, Esq.; prof. May 31, 171 1,
under name of Benedicta ; died March 15, 1754.
December ye 3. In ye year 17 10.
Entred M" Anne Caven, aged of 20, for a pensionar: gone
away.
yber ye 30. In ye year 17 11.
Entred Mrs Elizabeth Howard, aged of 26 for high pensionar,
for a short time ; daughter to Mr Howard of Corbie in Cumberland :
gone away.
Sister of Lucy, who came in 1707.
October ye 20.
Entred Mrs Betty Middleton aged of 9 & a half: daughter to
Mr Peter Middleton of Stockhohl in Yorkshire, by his 2nd lady ye
lord Langdale's daughter.
Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Middelton, of Stockeld Park and Myddelton
Lodge, co. York, Esq., who was imprisoned in York Castle in July 1686,
for refusing to take the protestant oath of allegiance, married Sir Carnaby
Haggerston, of Haggerston Castle, co. Northumberland, 3rd Bart., and her
second son William inherited the Middelton estates upon the death of her
brother William in 1763.
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November ye n. In ye year 171 2.
Came M™ Mary Gascoigne, daughter to Sir John Gascoigne
of Partington in Yorkshire little little neece Venered Mother Catherine
Gascoigne & Thomas Gascoigne who died at Lambspring was her
great grand father. She had been formerly a pensionar & went away,
but after some years shee had been staying in England she generously
contemed ye vanities of ye world, & obtained her father's & mother's
consent & returned to ye our Monastery in ye 22 year of her age, &
brought along with her two of her sisters Mrs Elizabeth & MrB Anne
for pensionars aged of 19 & 18. Their father is second brother to
Sr Thomas Gascoigne of Barnbow in Yorkshire. Mrs Elizabeth &
M™ Anne gone 18 of July 1715.
Vide under June 23, 1703, where it will be seen that Mary Gascoigne's age
is at variance with the present entry. She appears to have been born in
1690-1. Her father, Mr. John Gascoigne, was the younger son of George
Gascoigne, Esq., 2nd son of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Bart. Her
brother Edward succeeded as 5th Bart. She took the name of Paula in
religion, was prof, in 17 14, and died Jan. 17, 1746.
July ye 26. In ye year 17 13.
Entred Mrs Mary & Mrs Elizabeth Jenison, two sisters one
aged of 17 ye other of 15; daughters to Mr John Jenison of Little
Wallworth.
Daughters of John Jenison, of Low Walworth, co. Durham, Esq., and
his wife Sarah, daughter of Mr. Williams, of Combe, co. Hereford. Mary
married Francis Hutton, of Woodham, co. Durham, gent., and Elizabeth
became the wife of John Hutton, brother to Francis, and died s.fi. Their
father, born Oct. 2, 1667, died Aug. 23, 1739, and their mother died May 15,
1742.
July ye 4th. In ye year 17 14.
Came MM Teresa Allein & her sister Francis, ye first of 14, ye
second of 9, bourgeoises of Cambray. The Magistrates desired they
should be here for a short time for some particular reasons, which
mi lady Abbess condescended to for to oblige ye Magistrates.
July ye 27.
Came Mrs Anne Aston for a lay-sister, aged of 26.
Prof. 1716; died Nov. 10, 1734.
August 25.
Came Mrs Frances Plompton, aged of 14, daughter to Mr
Plompton of Plompton in Yorkshire.
Born Dec. 23, 1702, and sister to Elizabeth Plumpton, vide under 1703,
married George Palmes, of Naburn Hall, co. York, Esq.
7bre ye 3th
1 7 14 — Came Mr8 Mary Stourton, daughter to ye honorable
Charles Stourton, & neece to ye Right honorable Ld Edward Stourton
Peere of England, aged of 13 yeares : gone away July 14 — 17 18.
Dau. of Charles Stourton (younger son of William, nth Baron Stourton,
by Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Preston, 1st Bart., of the Manor of Furness,
co. Lancaster, and Preston Patrick and Under Levens, co. Westmoreland),
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by Catherine, dau. of Richard Frampton, of Bilson, co. Dorset, Esq. Her
brother Charles succeeded as 14th Lord.
Ye same day.
Came Miss Molly Hussey, daughter to Mr Hussey of Mam hall
in Dorcetshire & neece to Mother Cecilia Hussey, aged of 1 2 years ;
went ye 29 of 7bre 17 18.
Dau. of John Hussey, of Nash Court in Marnhull, Esq., by Mary, dau.
of Thomas Burdet, Esq.
July 13. In ye year 17 15.
Entred Mrs Catherine & Ellen Gascoigne aged one of 16,
& ye other of 13. Sra to D. Mary Paula & neeces to our venered
Mother Catherine Gascoigne, daughters to Sr John Gascoigne of
Partington in Yorkshire; Mre Ellen went away July 20 — 17 19.
Daughters of John Gascoigne, of Parlington Hall, Esq. — vide under
June 23, 1703, and Nov. II, 17 12. Catherine, born in 1699, was prof, under
the religious name of Josepha in 1717 ; was abbess 1741-69, when she
resigned on account of illness, being succeeded by Dame Agnes Ingleby ;
she died Jan. 25, 1774.
May ye 8. In ye year 17 16.
Came Mrs Mary Watford, aged of 14 years & 5 months went
away 20 July 1720.
July ye 17.
Entred Mr8 Brigit Naylor for a lay-sister, aged of 16, (in religion
Sr Mary Joseph) gone away.
Born at Scarisbrick, Lancashire, sister to Dom William Placid Naylor,
O.S.B., and aunt to Dom John Joseph Placid Naylor, O.S.B., son of her
brother Charles. Her family is referred to C.R.S. vol. v. 210 n.
7ber 18— 1 7 16.
9bre 18.
Came M™ Landale to ye fathers apartment where she died Sber
23 — 171 7, in child bed; she & her son lies buried in our burying
garden in her Grand Mothers ye Lady Crasland Grave.
Bridget, daughter of Sir Jordan Crosland, was the wife of Philip Lang-
dale, of Houghton Hall, co. York, Esq. Her daughter Dame Dorothy
Constance was at this time a nun in the convent. Her husband was the
son of Sir William Langdale, of Langthorpe, Knt., by his first wife, Ursula,
daughter of Robert Stapleton, Esq.
7bre 23. In ye year 17 17.
Entred MrB Mary Chorley aged of 23, daughter to Mr Richard
Chorley of Chorley Hall in Lancashire, who suffered death at Preston
for having taken arms to bring in his true & lawfull King James the
third, in ye raign of Georges prince of Hanover & pretended King
of England.
The age is apparently an error, as she was baptized at Chorley, Aug. 28,
1696, being the third dau. of Richard Chorley, Esq., by Catherine, only
dau. of John Walmesley, of Buckshawe, co. Lancaster, Esq., bv his first
XIII. E
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wife, Anne, dau. of Laurence Breres, of Buckshawe, Esq. Her father, who
was executed at Preston, Feb. 9, 17 16, for joining the Chevalier de St.
George, was buried on the same date at Chorley. One of her brothers was
a Benedictine, and two others Jesuits.
August ye i8t
— Came Mrs Anne Jenison, aged of 16, daughter to Mr Jenison
of Wallworth ; went away.
Vide under Sept. 30, 1720. Anne Ursula, youngest daughter of John
Jenison, of Low Walworth, Esq., and his wife Sarah Williams, was born
Oct. 2i, 1700. She went to the Blue Nuns at Paris, where she took the
veil in 1722, and died in 1770. Vide C.R.S. vol. viii. p. 375.
July 13. In ye year 17 18.
Came Mra Catherine Brooke, aged of 13, daughter to Mr.
Brooke of Medeley; went away, July ye 17 — 1720.
Dau. and coheiress (her only brother Basil having died young) of
Comberford Brooke, of Madeley Court, co. Salop, and Comberford Hall,
co. Stafford, Esq., by Rose, dau. of Sir John Austen, of Bexley Court, co.
Kent, 2nd Bart. She married John Smithman, of Little Venlock, Esq.,
had two sons and three daughters, and died in 1737.
Ye same day. Came Mrs. Mary Stanford, aged 1 1 ; went to
ye French house 18 January 1721.
Eldest daughter of William Stanford, of Abbot's Salford, commonly called
Salford Hall, co. Warwick, Esq., by Mary, eldest daughter of Richard Bet-
ham, of Rowington Hall, in the same county, Esq. As Salford Hall is so
intimately connected with the life of the community, which found a shelter
under its venerable roof from 1807 until 1838, a brief notice of its history is
expedient. Salford was a possession of the Abbey of Evesham, which in
1543 was granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Philip Hobby, who in the last year of
the king's reign sold the manor of Abbot's Salford to Anthony Littleton.
The tatter's daughter and heiress married John Alderford, but dying child-
less her husband married secondly, in July, 1579, Elizabeth, daughter of
Peter Dormer, of Nubottell, and relict of Edward Morgan, and by her had
two daughters and coheiresses, Eleanor and Margaret. Alderford rebuilt
the hall in 1602, incorporating parts of the older building, and died in 1606.
His elder daughter, Eleanor, married Charles Stanford, second son of Sir
Robert Stanford, of Perry Hall, co. Stafford, son of Sir William Stanford,
justice of the King's Bench, and his younger daughter, Margaret, married
Sir Simon Clarke or Woodchurch, of Woodchurch, co. Kent, who thus
became possessed of Salford Priors. Charles Stanford, whose wife brought
him Abbot's Salford, completed the building of the hall, and commemorated
the event by hanging up a bell on the top of the house bearing the inscription,
"Charles Stanford, Esqre., Ellinor, 1610." Their eldest son, John, suc-
ceeded to the estate and married Frances, daughter of Sir John Peshall, of
Horsley, co. Stafford, 1st Bart., and sister to Dorothy, wife of William Stan-
ford, of Perry Hall, cousin of John Stanford. A younger son joined The
English Discalced Carmelites, Fr. Edmund of St. Martin Stanford, and
died April 10, 1635. John Stanford died in 1649, leaving sons, William,
who married Dorothy, daughter of Clement Paston, of Appleton, co. Norfolk,
Esq., and died s.fi., and John, who married Mercy, second daughter of
Francis Sheldon, of Abberton, co. Wigorn, Esq. The latter had a son,
William, and four daughters, Dorothy, wife of . . . Savage, of Bagend, co.
Wigorn, Esq., Mercy, wife of Thomas Chambers, of Studley, Esq., Frances,
and Penelope. The son, William, who registered his estate as a Catholic
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non-juror in 171 7, and was living at Salford Hall in 1730, was the father of
the young girl who came to the school at Cambrai in 17 18. William had
four sons, John, William, Charles, and Robert, who all died s.p.f and two
daughters, Mary, as above, and Frances. The youngest son, Robert, the
last of the family, died in 1785, bequeathing Salford Hall to his wife Mary
for life, with remainder to John Stanford Berkeley, second son of Robert
Berkeley, of Spetchley, co. Worcester, Esq., and in case of his death to the
said Robert Berkeley for the term of his life only, after which it was to go for
ever to the Eyston family of East Hendred, co. Berks. Mrs. Stanford most
generously offered the community at Woolton, which was a house quite
uncongenial to the tastes and requirements of the monastic profession, Sal-
ford Hall and grounds rent free, and lent them one hundred pounds free of
interest towards the expense of removal. From the earliest times there had
been a chapel in the house, and at this period Pere Louvel, a French
emigre^ resided in it, and served the chaplaincy. The registers only com-
mence in 1763, though the list of Benedictine chaplains can be traced from
1727. Mrs. Stanford also offered to pay the chaplain's stipend of twenty-
five guineas whether the nuns should prefer to bring their own with them, or
to retain the services of M. Louvel. Mrs. Stanford died at her house in
College Green, Gloucester, on May 24, 1812. "She was a woman of
superior cast of mind," said a local print, " universal charity and a high
sense of philanthropy were the ruling principles of her life, and the tears
of the poor best bespeak their loss, who had so constantly partook of her
unbounded benevolence." Meanwhile John Stanford Berkeley had pre-
deceased his father, Robert Berkeley, who concurred in everything
Mrs. Stanford had done, and continued to allow the community to occupy
Salford Hall until the nuns purchased Stanbrook Hall, near Worcester, to
which they removed in 1838 . Upon Robert Berkeley's death Salford passed
to the Eyston family in accordance with the will of its last squire, Robert
Stanford.
July 24.
Came Mra Anne Engleby (went away August 27 — 1721) & Mr8
Anne Penny, one aged of 14, ye other of 18.
Margery Anne Ingleby appears in the pedigree as being baptized June
6, 1702. She was the eldest daughter of John Ingleby, of Lawkland Hall
and Clapdale Hall, co. York, Esq., by Troath, daughter of William Brad-
shaigh, of Bishop Middleham, co. Durham, Esq. She did not marry, and
was buried at Clapham, June 17, 1773. For her sisters Mary Alathea and
Isabel vide under 1721.
7ber 22.
Came Mn Elizabeth Fairclouth, & Mary Dweryhouse, ye
first aged of 20, ye 2nd of 17, for lay-sisters; they came out of
Lancashire.
Elizabeth Fairclough was professed under her own name in 1720,
and died Dec. 9, 1744. Several of the family became Benedictines. Sr
Mary Josepha Dwerihouse was also professed in 1720, and died Oct. 26,
1726. She was dau. of Thomas Dwerihouse, yeoman, of Greasindale, in
Garston, of a staunch recusant family.
Ye same day. Came Mrs. Mary Conquest, of Horton Conquest
in Bedfordshire, neece D. M. Benedict Conquest and little-neece to Rd.
Mother Catherine Hall, aged of 13. Went away.
She was one of the four daughters of Benedict Conquest, of Houghton
Conquest Hall, Esq., by Anne, daughter of the Rev. John Birch, rector of
Houghton Conquest, and subsequently became Mrs. Wright. Her father
68 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
was the son and heir of John Thimbleby Conquest, Esq. (eldest son and heir
of Richard Conquest, of Houghton Conquest, Esq., by Elizabeth, daughter
of Richard Thimbleby, of Irnham Hall, co. Lincoln, Esq., lady of the bed-
chamber to Queen Henrietta Maria, through which marriage Irnham
eventually came to the Conquests), and his wife Eleanor, 5th daughter of
Benedict Hall, of High Meadow, co. Gloucester, Esq. Her brother Bene-
dict in 1753 inherited the Irnham estate from his cousin (twice removed)
Mary, daughter and heiress of John Thimbleby, of Irnham, Esq., by Doro.,
dau. of Robert, 3rd Lord Petre, and widow of Thomas Giffard, of Chillington
Hall, co. Stafford, Esq. He, however, died on Oct. 27 of the same year,
1753, and his only son Benedict Conquest dying unmarried at the age of 20,
the estates passed to his only dau. Mary Christina, who married Henry, 8th
Lord Arundell of Wardour. The latter had two daughters and coheiresses,
Mary Christiana, who married her cousin, James Everard, 9th Lord Arundell
of Wardour, and Eleonor Mary, wife of Charles, 7th Lord Clifford of
Chudleigh.
7ber 26.
Came Mra Francis Hussey, & her sister Grace, aged of 9 & 1 1 ;
neeces to M. Cecilia; went away 20 July 1720.
Daughters of John Hussey, of Nash Court in Marnhull, co. Dorset, Esq.,
by Mary, dau. of Thomas Burdet, of Thames-Ditton, co. Surrey, Esq.
Frances is named in the will of her father in 1736.
8ber ii. In ye year 17 19.
Came Mra Martha Dodd, aged of 20, for a lay-sister; gone away.
Probably a niece of Sr. Mary Josepha Dodd.
gber jyjg ye 30.
Came Mrs Dorothy Moore for religion aged of 36, Sr to Sir
Richard Moore of Fawley in Barkeshire; gone away 14 of May 1720.
Dau. of Francis Moore, eldest son of Sir Henry Moore, of Fawley, co.
Berks, 2nd Bart., and sister of Sir Richard, the 3rd Bart. Her mother
was Frances, dau. and sole heiress of Alexander Jermin, of Cordington,
co. Sussex, Esq. She returned Sept. 27, 172 1, was professed under her own
name, and died Aug. 17, 1726.
9ber ye 9th.
Came ye honorable Alathea Widdrington, aged of 14, daughter
to ye Right Honorable ye Lord William Widdrington of Widdrington
Castle, neece to D. Agnes Widdrington; went away August 2d 1723.
Born April 21, 1705, dau. of William, 4th Lord Widdrington, by his
first wife Jane, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Tempest, of Stella, co. Durham,
4th Bart., and sister and heiress of Sir Francis Tempest, 5th Bart. ; went
to York Bar convent in 17 13, whence, after her father's conviction of high-
treason in 17 16 and subsequent pardon, she came to Cambrai ; left as above,
but returned Jan. 27, 1725, and was prof, under the name of Augustina in
1726 ; died Aug. 24, 1775.
August 1.
17 19. Came Mrs Burcke aged of 16, daughter to Captain Burcke;
gone away.
Aug. 12. In ye year 1720.
Came Mrs Winkley, aged of 21 ; went ye 12 9ber 1720.
Jane, bapt. Dec. 12, 1697, dau. of Edward Winckley, of Banister Hall,
co. Lancaster, Esq., and his first wife Mary. Her brothers Thomas and
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James having become priests, and Edward dying s.p. in 1750, this junior
branch of the Winckleys of Winckley Hall became extinct. A sister, Anne
Austin, O.S.B., died at Paris in 1759. Her father, who died in 1742, married
secondly Winifred, daughter of Thomas Tyldesley, Esq., of Myerscough
Lodge, the Jacobite diarist.
7ber 30-
Came Mrs Catherine & Mrs Jane Stourton aged of 14 & 13, &
Mra Tatham aged of 14. Ye last died pensionar 7 August 1722.
Catherine and Jane Stourton were daughters of the Hon. Charles
Stourton, son of William, nth Lord Stourton. They were sisters to Mary,
vide under Sept. 8, 17 14.
At ye same time.
Came Mrs Anne Jenison for a second time, aged of 23 : gone
away.
Vide under Aug. 1, 1717. Here is a further discrepancy in her age.
8bern.
Came Mrs Magdelene Kenyon, aged of 16.
Mrs. Susannah Kennion (Kenyon), a widow residing in Bath, co. Somer-
set, registered as a catholic non-juror an estate at Preshute, co. Wilts, in 17 17.
&** 14.
Came Mr8 Dorothy Southcoate, neece to D. Agnes Widdring-
ton aged of 13, (went away 7 July 1723) & the young M1"8 Honoria
Richardson aged of 15 ; went away 27 August 1721.
Dorothy, dau. of Edward Southcote, of Blytheborough, co. Lincoln,
Esq., by Catherine, dau. of William, 2nd Lord Widdrington, came from
the convent at York Bar, where she went in 17 16. Her mother died at
Cambrai in 1758.
9ber ye 1 1.
Came Mre Ellen Pullein, aged of 14 neece to Rd Fr Pullein,
gone away.
She must have been grand-niece of Dom Michael Pulleyne, O.S.B., born
Oct. 26, 1653, son of Robert Pulleyne, of Birstwith, in the parish of Hamps-
thwaite, co. York, who died Feb. 3, 1723. She returned and was professed
under the name of Placida, and died July 6, 1786.
July -21. In ye year 1721.
Came MM Monica Jenison, aged of 18, & Mrs Mary Ingleby
aged of 14, with her sister Isabella aged of 13.
Monica Jenison was sister to Mary, Elizabeth, and Anne, vide under
1 7 13-17-20.
Mary Alathea Ingleby, baptized March 25, 1707, and Isabel Ingleby,
bap. Jan. 5, 1708, were sisters of Margery Anne Ingleby, vide under 1718.
Mary Alathea died a spinster, and was buried April 23, 1761. Isabel, pro-
fessed under the name of Agnes in 1736, was elected abbess in 1769, and
died in that office March 1, 1789.
July ye 4th.
Came Miss Teresa Mackdonell, aged of 7, gone away.
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7W 27.
Came M1"8 Dorothy Moore aged of 37 ; ye same yt went away
in May 1720.
Vide under Oct. 30, 17 19.
May 18, In ye year 1722.
Came back Mrs Honoria Richardson, aged of 1 7 & her mayde
Sara Ellerbie, aged of 20 : gone away.
Sarah Ellerby was subsequently professed as a lay-sister under the name
of Alexia, and died Dec. 12, 1774.
August 9. In ye year 1723.
Came Miss Betty Dallison aged of 10 & a half.
Apparently niece or grandniece of Dom Charles Gregory Dalison,
O.S.B., and his sisters Dames Bridget Mary Joseph Dalison, and Mary
Martha Dalison, O.S.B., of Brussels, son and daughters of Sir Charles
Dalison, of Laughton, co. Lincoln, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and
coheiress of Robert Smith, of Lincoln.
7ber 29.
Came Mrs Marguerite Thornton & her two sisters Betty &
Nancy, aged of 13, 10, & 9.
Grandaughters of Nicholas Thornton, of Netherwitton, co. Northumber-
land, Esq., and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir John Swinburne, of Cap-
heaton, 1st Bart. Their father's estate was confiscated after the Rising
of 1715.
May ye 18. In ye year 1724.
Came Mrs Mary Meynell, neece to D. M. Benedict, aged of 13
daughter to Mr Meynell of Kilvington, in Yorkshire.
Dau. of Roger Meynell, of North Kilvington, co. York, Esq., by Anne,
dau. of Edward Charlton, of Hesleyside, co. Northumberland, Esq. She
married Thomas Selby, of Biddleston Hall, co. Northumberland, Esq.
May ye 15—1723.
Came Teresa De Pery of ye towne . . . now Sr Bathilda ; she
was profess'd January 25 — 1725.
Sister Bathildis Du Pery died Oct. 20, 1773.
January ye 27. In ye year 1725.
Came ye honorable Alathea Widdrington, a second time,
daughter to ye right honorable William Widdrington.
Vide under 17 19.
July ye 30.
Came Mra Anne Baits, aged of 14.
Prof, under name of Josepha Bate ; died April 23, 1758.
August ye 5 th.
Came Mrs Jane Stratford aged of 16.
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gbre. ye 2d. In ye year 1725.
Came Mrs. Betty & Jane Howard aged of 14 & 11, daughters
of Mr. Howard of Corbie.
Daughters of Thomas Howard, of Corby Castle, co. Cumberland, Esq.,
by Barbara, dau. of Sir John Lowther, Viscount Lonsdale. Elizabeth died
unmarried in 1799; Jane married Francis Warwick, of Warwick Hall, co.
Cumberland, Esq., and died s.p. in 1778.
GRAVE LIST
[Drawn up by one of the nuns shortly before the Revolution, and contain-
ing evident clerical errors.]
YE GRAVES OF OUR DEAD SISTERS IN YE BURIALL GARDEN.
In ye middle row in ye way to ye chappelL
i° M. Knightley (8ber 28—1686) & Misse Tatham (7 August
1722.)
20 D. Mary Legg— June 22 — 1691.
3° D. Benedicta Middleton (August 5 — 1688;) in ye same
grave lies D. M. Teresa Meynell 5 July — 1673 [July 4, 1697].
4° D. Mary Benedicta Conquest 9^ 19—1686.
50 Madame Hall & her daughter, M. Catherine Hall — March
17 — 1692.
Madame Anne Hall, died March 20, 1676. Vide in Catalogue under
Aug. 24, 1646, for Dame Catherine Maura Hall.
6° D. Eugenia Houghton March 12 — 1701 ; in ye same grave
D. Francisca Gascoigne 7ber 21—1708.
7° D. Clare Cooke 7ber 21—1685.
8° D. Lucy Vavasor— August 25—1685 [1679].
9° D. Catherine Vavasor— August 28 [18]— 1676.
io° D. Ellin Brent— May 15 [5]— 1688.
First row in ye right hand.
i° D. Margaret Smith— August 14—1680; in ye same grave
D. Mary Joseph Moore— xber 1720.
20 Sr Mary Magdalene Williams a scholar, May 30 — 1686.
in ye same grave D. Maura Harrington February 6 — 1720.
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3° D. Euphrasia Tempest Feb. 14—1689; in her same grave
lies D. Benedicta Englefield died July 3—1725.
4° D. Anne Gill— Feb. 1— 1692.
5° D. Augustina Cary 9ber 17— 1683 [1682]; in her grave her
sister D. Maria Cary 7ber 22 — 1693.
6° D. Mechtilde Frere January 26 — 1676.
7° Our Rd Lady Marina Appleton January 29—1694.
8° D. Gertrude Risdon January 26—1675.
9° D. Barbara Constable January 26—1684; in ye same grave
lies D. Magdalene Moore Decber 12— 17 19.
io° D. Teresa Timperly March 23 — 167 1 ; in ye same grave
D. Susanna Phillips.
D. Susanna Phelips died Dec. 4, 1705.
ii° D & Clare Radcliffe 11 of August 1681 ; in ye same grave
lies her sister Ursula Radcliffe, 8ber 31 [30], 1689.
Rd Mother Cecilia Hussey who died April 9 1721 buried next
ye Radcliffes.
Died D. Mary Agnes Kennett [Feb. 6J 1723 buried next
D. Maura.
The third row on ye left hand.
i° Str Alexia Fenwick died June 29—1689.
20 Str Catherine Trevelyan died July 3—1682 : in her grave
Str Mary Joseph Dodd.
Sr M. J. Dodd died Dec. 8, 1715.
3° Str Barbara Breton died 7ber 28—1689.
4° Str Bridgit Lusher died March 12—1690. Sr Scholastica
Reeder died August 30 — 1722 in ye same grave.
50 Str Elizabeth Lusher died May 27—1684.
6° Str Francis Lusher died July 28—1687 ; Sr Benet Taylor
died Feb 10 — 1707 in ye same grave.
7° Str Teresa Gurney died January 22—1678.
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8° Str Hilda Percy died February 6—1670: Str Elizabeth
Camplin died 11 9ber 1705 buried in ye same grave.
90 Str Joane Cellar died April n— 1683.
io° Str Etheldred Stapleton died 6 of August 1668. Str Anne
Batmanson died February 2 — 1701 ; in ye same grave.
Aug* 2d 1792 — Died in our Monastery of our Lady of Comfort in
Cambray D. Catherine Joseph Throgmorton aged (as is con-
jectured) 97. She was professed of the Rule of Sfc Augustine in the
English house of the Fossi Sfe Victor in Paris, where she remained
several years, but falling deranged in her intellect she was transfured
to this house, where she is said to have been for above 60 years. She
was buried the day following in our Burial ground.
Catherine Throckmorton was dau. of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd
Bart., of Coughton Court, co. Warwick, by Mary, dau. of Sir Charles Yate,
of Buckland, co. Berks, 3rd Bart, (by Frances, dau. of Sir Thomas Gage,
of Firle Place, co. Sussex, 2nd Bart.), and sister and heiress of Sir John
Yate, 4th and last Bart., who died unmarried at Paris in 1690. She and
her sister Elizabeth went to the English Augustinian convent at Paris
in 17 1 3, where they were professed in the following year. Within seven
years her intellect seems to have given way, and eventually it was thought
better that she should come to reside at Cambrai. She was known at Paris
under the name of Mary Catherine.
August 3d 1792 — died about 3 p.m. Dame Mary Christina
Hooke, Abbess of our Nuns of Our Lady of Comfort Cambray.
Born in Dublin in 1715 ; daughter of the eminent historian Nathaniel
Hooke and his wife Mary Barnes; prof. 1734; abbess 1789 till death Aug.
3, 1792. Her brother, the Rev. Luke Joseph Hooke, D.D., baptized at St.
Paul's, Dublin, Sept. 28, 17 14, was educated at St. Gregory's Monastery at
Douai, whence he went to the Irish College in the Rue de Lombards at
Paris, where he was granted Letters of Naturalisation in 1735. After
taking his degrees at the Sorbonne he was raised to the chair of divinity,
and in 1774 to that of Hebrew. He was also appointed librarian to the
Mazarin College, but died in the same year, 1774.
A Catalogue of ye names of ye Religious Dames
and Sisters professed of this Convent of our Blessed
Lady of Consolation in Cambray who are dead.
Requiescant in pace.
The first day of Aprill 1631 departed in peace our dear Sister
Jane Martha Martin, a lay sister & one of ye first profes'd of ye
monastery in ye 43 year of her age & seventh of her profession.
Shee had ye proffer to marry a gentleman of a good estate in England,
but shee rather chose to lead an humble life in Religion, than to appeare
great in ye world, therefore refused ye offer made her & prevailed
with the gentleman who would have married her, to bestow his wealth
upon a Seminary of English in Flanders, which he did at his death
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oblidging ye sayd seminary to provide for her & settle her as she
should desire. And she chose out of humility & yt shee might not
be too chargable to them whom she esteemed her benefactors, (tho'
in effect she had been theirs) to be a lay-sister & as she had lived
in ye world very purely & innocently, so shee lived in religion very
painfully & obediently, in both piously & charitably. And after
many daily infirmities & eight months sickness suffered with resigna-
tion & edification, she died as we have cause to believe most happily.
Requiescat in pace. Amen.
In ye year 163 1 ye 22 of 7ber died D. Francis Ebba Browne,
daughter to Sr Peter Browne of Kiddington in Oxfordshire, in ye 2d
year of her profession & 22 of her age, during which three years, her
noviceship included, she so much profited in ye continual practice of
prayer & patience y* shee left behind her a good odor of virtue, being
so truly pious & humble y* shee could say on her death-bed, being
asked therunto, yfc since shee had profess'd our H. Rule, shee did not
remember y* ever shee did deliberately desire to please any creature or
desire any praise from any. And indeed she lived so wholly abstract
of all terrene & humane solace & content and so attentive to God in
her soule yt neither business in health, nor pains in sickness could
divert her thoughts & affections from him, but pass'd on her life like a
true pilgrime thus to Jerusalem, to seek & see Jesus, ye sum of all her
desires & ye centre, & ye reward of all her sighs & labours. Requiescat
in Pace.
In ye year 1633 ye 17 of August, died D. Gertrude More, of ye
noble family of Sr Thomas ye famous Martyr of happy memory. Shee
it was who erected this Community & was ye first y* was profess'd in
this house where she afterwards lived with a great deal of zeale,
prudence & piety, as will appeare in her life writ more at large, shee
left many examples worthy her blood & vocation, particularly in her
last grievous sickness (being indeed very terrible) which shee embraced
with much patience & conformity to ye Will of God, showing such an
admirable confidence in his mercy y* shee seem'd only to be sensible
y* shee was so long detain'd from ye union & fruition of his divine
Majesty to which she had ever tended, desiring truely to be dissolv'd
that she might live in Christ Jesus. In fine she fought ye good fight
& dyed, as we have reason to hope, most happily ye 28 of her age, & 10
of her profession. Requiescat in Pace.
In ye year 1635. ye february 24 died Sr Elizabeth Barbara
Smith daughter naturall of an English Baronet. She lived in her
father's house without being known eyther by herself or others to be
his daughter though she was maintain'd by him very handsomely, but
for a disguise shee was call'd ye neece to a gentleman who lived in ye
house & who 'twas thought gave her the maintainence & education
becoming a gentlewoman, till at length her brother ye Baronet's eldest
son fell deeply in love with her (for she was very beautifull, of a good
carriage & of an innocent harmless conversation) ye young gentleman
Ancient More seal quartering Cresacre, formerly an
heirloom at Barnborough Hall, but now preserved
at Stonyhurst College, and reproduced by the kind-
ness of the late re&or, Fr. Herman Walmesley, S.J.
Cath. Rec. Soc. XIII.
To face p. 74.
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not dreaming she was so neare related to him ; but by good fortune
his father discovering his affection for ye young lady, soon prevented
his son's design of marriage with her & consulting her pretended uncle
who was ye priest of ye family, it was by them judged best to prevent
all misfortune & keep her still best unknown, to send her over to a
monastery for education, shee being yet young ; and accordingly they
sent her to this our Convent of our Blessed Lady in Cambray, in
which shee took to religion, & lived very edifyingly in her noviceship,
so y* all had great hopes shee would make a good member of ye
Com unity, when accidentally shee got a fall down staires, which shee
received such a hurt from, y* shee suffer'd very much with a great
patience, & at length by her sickness shee was brought to her end,
shee embraced death chearfully & dyed wholy resigned to God's
divine will with much internall peace and confidence in her creator
who had so mercyfully drawn her out of ye vanities of the world,
before shee had ye misfortune to know them, shee died in ye 6th
month of her probation, having on her death bed often beg'd ye
favour of her profession and obtained, being dispensed with. And
soon after went to keep, as we hope, ye solemnity in Heaven with ye
Saints & Angels. Requiescat in Pace.
On ye 16 of August in ye year 1637 our dear Sr Dame Margaret
Gascoigne departed ys life in ye 29 of her age & 8 of ,her profession.
She was daughter to Sr John Gascoigne Baronet of Barnbow in York-
shire, shee esteeming yl innocence & native goodness shee had de-
rived from her parents to be insufficient, therefore laboured for more
purity of heart & perfection of divine love in Religion, which by
means of prayer constantly prosecuted shee obtained, shee led a
most abstract life in religion and having chearfully and courageously
trampled under foote all yt the world calls great, & forsaken with a
generous contempt not only what advantages her birth & education
offer'd her in ye world, but also forsaken her parents & country, shee
applyed herselfe in a profound solitude & silence to religious duties in
this Convent as appeares by ye story of her life writ in another place.
Her natural propension to serve God was of ye best, and knowing yfc
al selfe-seeking & propriety was all nature could intend, if it were not
reformed by grace, her whole endeavours were to comit herselfe totally
to ye divine guidance, y* shee might truely become virtuous in ye
sight of God, & conformable to his Bd Will. Her exemplary &
most comfortable death gives us great hopes y* shee now enjoys y* in-
separable union with her Spouse our Saviour which wth all her heart
shee incessantly sought after. Requiescat in pace.
On ye 18 of April in ye year 1640 our Dr Sr D. Bennet Morgan,
daughter to Mr Morgan of Weston in Warwickshire departed this life
in ye 36 year of her age & 1 7 of her profession, shee was one of the
first nine that entered this monastery & were the beginners of it,
wherein shee lived with edification to all, ever continuing in her primi-
tive zeale, still striving by ye helps of religion to perfect her soule.
Her life was free from offence to her sisters, & her conversation very
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innocent, and her endeavours to please God very great whilst sense
remained which allmighty God permitted should faile her some years
before her death, which it is believed she had some kind of foresight
of, for ye night before her infirmity seazed her, shee was heard by
one of ye religious y* was very neare her, to rise several times from
her bed, in ye night time, and casting herselfe on her knees, to pray
very devoutly to All: God, particularly shee was heard to make in a
moderate voice many acts of resignation to God's will, leaveing herselfe
to be disposed of as he knew most for his own honor & ye good of her
soule. In ye time of her indisposition as well as before, she lived
inoffensively to her religious Sisters & evidenc'd in all oocasions yfc
shee was naturally of a devout spirit ; on a time when one of ye
religious was speaking to a person newly enter'd ye house in order to
be religious (D. Benet being present) and giving a relation in obscure
terms how & at what time shee fell into her distemper, D. Bennet who
till then had satt silent presently answered saying : yes indeed the night
you mention was ye very night I died & I have been dead ever since :
words very remarkable. In fine ye day come when All. God was
pleased to take her out of this world by a natural death, she cali'd to
ye religious who had care to tend her & desir'd very earnestly shee
would permit her to put on her cowl, for says shee, this day I am to
appeare before a great King, as indeed shee did, for a very slight indis-
position to all others sight, took her out of this world, on y* very day
to make her appearance before the King of Kings, & we have all
reason to hope her death was pretiosa in conspectu Domini &c. Re-
quiescat in Pace.
In yd year 1 640 on the 7 of May, departed this life, Rd Mother
Francis Gawen, in ye 64 year of her age, & 40 of her profession.
She was professed in ye English monastery at Bruxelles of ye order
of our H. Father St Beiiet & one of ye first companie who began yfc
monastery, in which shee lived 23 years after her profession, & from
thence shee came hither to Cambray to begin this of ye same order &
of ye English Congregation, which with much zeale of regular obser-
vance & with great care & motherly affection to every one she
govern'd in ye office of Abbesse for ye space of 6 years ever more
earnestly desiring & labouring to advance ye progress of ye Comunity
in all respects. Afterwards resigning her office she betook herselfe
to a private life wherein for ye remainder of her days shee much edified
her religious Sisters with good examples of humility and obedience
practising amongst them in her life & conversation what she had
before taught them with great zeale, & being overtaken with old age
& infirmity when shee had patiently endured ye difficulties & pains
of long sickness, shee died as we have cause to hope happily in our
Lord. Requiescat in Pace. Amen.
On ye 13 of June in ye year 1640 our Dr Sr D. Anne Scholastica
Timperley, daughter to Sr Thomas Timperley in Suffolk. Shee
endur'd with much patience & a wonderfull resignation a long &
terrible sickness which continued for ye most part of a whole year,
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y* shoe might by many tribulations enter into ye Kingdom of heaven ;
for by God's Providence shee was brought into so great inward desola-
tion (being full of most grievous pains & voyed of all comfort) as made
her say : " Deus meus ut quid dereliquiste me ? " & so was led through
fire & water unto Eternall rest : shee lived very laudably in religion
wherein shee was an honor to her family, an example & comfort to
her religious Sisters to whom her life wld have been most gratefull as
her death was precious in ye sight of our Lord who had bestowed on her
great talents both of nature & grace with which shee faithfully coope-
rating & diligently corresponding to, hath inevited (as we may justly
hope) to be of their number of whom it is sayd yt inter [sanctos] sors
illorum est. Shee was a true pattern of prudence zeale & constancy
in all ye duties of religion. God grant y* we who shee has left behind
her in y* miserable world, may imitate her virtues. Requiescat in Pace.
Amen. Shee died in ye 35 of her age & 16 of Religion.
On ye 25 of January in ye year 1641 our dr Sr D. Francisca Lucy
departed ys life in ye 20 year of her age & first of her profession, in yfc
short time after her entry in religion, shee profited much in ye virtues
of humility, patience & resignation, which two last, her much weak-
ing & frequent sickness gave her much occasion to practice, as shee
did with true devotion, not permitting ye infirmity of her body to
depress her mind, but raising to God by a careful prosecution of
prayer & exteriorly comporting herselfe according to a charitable &
sweet conversation, thereby meriting ye same from all her religious
sisters of whom shee was well beloved, & her death regretted. Re-
quiescat in Pace. Amen.
On ye 6th day of december in ye year 1641 departed ys life our
dr Sister Isette Angela Mullins, a converse sister. It is credibly
reported of her y* whilst a secular person shee led a very devout life &
had a vision of ye soules in Purgatory & of what they suffered, after
which shee grew (as ye world calls it) pensive and thougtfull ; addicted
herselfe to prayer & devotion & having a vocation to dedicate herselfe
to God in religion, shee came to this our Convent in which ye short
time shee lived a religious woman shee gave good testimonys of a
most fervent devotion & much purity of heart truely seeking & intend-
ing God, who to make her more pleasing to himselfe permitted her to
bear ye crosses of affliction, in particular of a tedious sickness in which
& in many occasions shee showed much patience & true resignation,
giving us, by her virtue & innocent life, cause to hope her death was
but an entry into the true life so earnestly desired by her. Requiescat
in Pace. Amen. Shee died in the 25 of her age & first of her
profession.
The 21 of December in ye year 1645 departed this life, our Rd
Mother Pudentiana Deacon, first religious in ye English monastery
at Bruxelles, where shee lived 1 5 years to ye edification of her Sisters
carefully observing regular discipline from whence obedience sent her
with two more to begin ys our convent of our Bd Lady of Consolation
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at Cambray, shee being a woman of a very "good witt, judgment &
understanding, was thought fitt by her superiors & others to give help
in a business of y* consequence as ye beginning of a monastery which
shee diligently performed joyning a great zeal of regular observance
with a motherly affection to all & care of all, as our H. Rule ordains
for ye cellerier which office, as also Mrs of ye novices shee laudably
performed for divers years togeather after ye beginning of this monas-
tery. And having also executed ye office of Prioresse very religiously
& humbly for ten years togeather, at length shee felle into great bodily
infirmities which shee suffered with a remarkable patience & also had
an unwearied desire of doing good to all & serving ye community
to her power which shee did perseverantly to ye very last in ye office
of Prioress. Her end was pious & peaceable in ye 64 of her age.
Requiescat in Pace. Amen.
On ye 6th of March 1648 Sister Benedicta Roper departed this
life in ye n month of her Noviceship & in ye 1 7 of her age, haveing
lived allmost two years in this community, an innocent sweet humble
life, pleasing to God, with much edification & content of all y* saw
her & convers'ed with her. In time of health shee was harmless cheer-
full & very regular ; in time of sickness she had an unshaken patience,
in both, resigned to God & at all times obedient humble & submissive
to her superiors : some few days before her pious death shee suppli-
cated to this Holy Community for her profession, which obtained, shee
made it conditionally to ye great content of her mind, and as we have
just cause to believe to ye great benefit of her soule. And having
render'd her vows to God, shee most willingly & resignedly render'd
up her soule into his hands, whome shee sought & sighed after. Shee
was daughter to a younger brother of ye Ropers of Elltham. Requi-
escat in Pace. Amen.
On ye 18 of April 1650 died our dearest sister Dame Catherine
Sheldon, daughter to Mr Sheldon of Beoly in Warwickshire, whose
life, even before shee enter'd into religion was very exemplar. Shee
seemed to show a disgust of ye vaine pleasures & transitory pastimes
of ye world, even in ye midst of them, & her grave sober & discreet
comportment, gained her ye love & esteem of all yt convers'd with her.
Shee might have had a very considerable portion in ye world if shee
would have stayed with her parents, who designed to have settled her
in it very advantagiously, but All : God who designed her wholly for
himselfe permitted y* all ye treaties made by her parents to engage her
in ye world were strangly & sometimes surprisingly broken of, & came
to nothing. And at length by the forceable & sweet conduct of ye
spirit of God, she enter'd this holy state of religion with great courage.
And after her profession shee lived ye life of a true child of our
H. Father S* Benedict, humble, obedient, solitary & quiet; her in-
terior solidly settled in God, her exterior modest, sober, pleasing &
gratefull to all especially such as knew her more intimely. Shee had
always a great love for regular observances, particularly the office of ye
quire, & a true & exact observer of 'em as far as her health would
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permit. And tho' All. God tryed her with many interior conflicts
& temptations yet shee constantly adhear'd to him & became victorious
by her great confidence in God her maker whom she loved and faith-
fully served, practising true & solid virtue in her life time, & at her
death became a perfect holocaust wholy offer'd up to her beloved
to whom shee most peaceably & intirely resignedly render'd up her
soule to him whom shee so seriously had sought during her abode
in this vaile of tears. Requiescat in Pace.
On ye first of november 1650 our dr Sr Dame Lucy Magdalene
Cary (departed this life,) daughter to ye Ld Henry Vicount Falkland,
sometime Vice Roy of Ireland. Shee had been some years brought
up & liv'd in heresy during which time she was carried away with the
vanities of ye world, but we have reason to believe yt All: God had
regard to ye prayers & tears of ye lady her mother, who never ceas'd
to implore Heaven for ye conversion of her children, being a woman
of an extraordinary piety as will appear in ye relation of her life
written by a person who knew her very well. In fine our D. Magdalena
cheerfully abjured her heresy after shee had been convinced of her
errors by a Rd Father of our Holy Congregation, a great friend of ye
Lady her mother and cast herselfe into ye lapp of ye Holy Catholic
Church, wherein she liv'd even during her secular state, a very obe-
dient, pious & zealous member, quitting ye vanities of ye world to
exercise in her mother's house more than ordinary mortifications &
such as indeed were rather to be admired than imitated in such a
state. But as for her obedience to her mother after her conversion,
shee may be a pattern to all children towards parents which shewes
ye efficacy of Divine Grace in her soule, for of an obstinate, haughty
disdainfull sneering Lady (her own mother 'scaped not her affronts)
she became as soon as a convert to our Holy faith, a dutifull, obedient
child to her who was ye best of mothers, & ye most charitable of
Ladies to her neighbours. Shee was accustomed to frequent ye Court
both of K. James ye first tho' shee was then very young and likewise
in ye time of K. Charles ye first shee was much regarded in his court,
but immediately after her conversion she retired herselfe from thence
to live with ye Lady her mother, where she contemned what ye world
might think of her suddain and extraordinary change, & leaving her
vaine attire & dressing, about which shee had been accustomed to
spend dayly several howers, shee now cloathed herselfe in decent, but
very homely dresse, giving herselfe to ye practice of very many virtues.
At length All: God very forcibly inviting her to seek & labour for
perfection, shee enter'd into religion, wherein for the space of 1 1 years,
shee lived an infirme, sickly & suffring life, God leading her by ye way
of ye crosse to ye end of her life, which shee concluded with a most
truely, humble & sincere acknowledgment of her own nothing, & of
God's infinite goodness & providence to her as also with an abandone-
ment & total resignation of herselfe into ye arms of his fatherly piety,
having lead an obedient humble life, all ye time shee had been in
religion without any regard to what shee had been or might have been
in ye world, which she would never speak of except of such passages
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as would humble & confound her being in a particular manner very
sensible of ye many faults her jeering witt had made her fall into
before her conversion, which afterwards shee did endeavour to satisfy
for. In fine, worn out with infirmity, patiently supported for ye love
of God, by which we have cause to hope shee has through God's mercy
purchased a great crown, she peaceably departed this life leaving us
her religious sisters a good example of humility, patience & obedience.
Requiescat in Pace. Amen.
The 13 of march 165 1 departed this life our dr Sr Dame Coecilia
Hall, daughter of Mr Hall of High Meadow in Gloucestershire.
Shee was called very young by All: God to ye holy state of religion,
which vocation of hers, she was permitted by her pious parents to
comply with, (her honorable mother's dayly prayer & request to All.
God was yt shee might not be ye mother of a lost soule) & in order
thereto she left her country and parents to whom shee was truly dear,
& came to this our monastery ; but shee stayed not long because her
health was so bad shee could not comply with regular duties which
was ye reason why shee returned to England for ye recovery of her
strength in her natural ayre, where she remained some years in which
time she had a full view as well of ye miseries, as of ye pleasures of ye
world, for her abode in England was in ye time of ye civil wars, so y1
shee saw much misery, yet being young & her father having a plentifull
estate & all things corresponding, shee was in ye occasions of being
drawn to vanity, being in a crowd of company where shee wanted not
admirers, which to a person less steadfast in devotion, might have
shok'd a vocation, but shee had a right judgment of things & con-
sidered well how transitory & fading worldly pleasures are & how little
content such things as the world calls great, and hunts so much after
can give ye soule at ye hour of death. Penetrated with these & ye
like considerations & moved with ye love of God & a great desire
to please him in ye most perfect manner shee was able, shee took a
generous resolution to forsake & bid adieu for ever to friends, relations
& country & make an intire sacrifice of herselfe to God her maker
who as shee most rationally esteemed had ye justest claim to her : to
effect this, having now recovered in some sort her health, she again
with much earnestness supplicated to be received into this community.
And being admitted, she did with much fervor goe through her novice-
ship & made her profession, to ye content of ye convent & to her own
great comfort, after which shee immediately fell sick & continued in
an infirme & suffering condition neere three years which shee made
good use of to ye benefit of her soule, still praising God in her corporal
infirmities. At length by a violent defluxion shee was cast into her
bed & suffered great pains for some weekes ; in fine being advertised
by ye physicians of her approaching death shee received ye news with
great cheerfullness & embraced death with a contented mind which, as
we have cause to hope was but a translation into a better world, ye
reward of such as have courage to contemn this for ye love of God
who never failes to recompense those y* leave father & mother &
adhere to him with all their heart.
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The 18 of february 1654 — [apparently the date upon which the
foregoing obituaries were written].
In the year of our Lord 1726, on the 2nd Day of August, in the
Monastery of Our Blessed Lady of Consolation, of the English Con-
gregation of Benedictines at Cambray, having previously received all
the accustomed rites of the Church, died the Very Revd Lady Abbess,
Dame Scholastica Houghton, of Parke Hall, in the 70th year of her
age, 52 of her religious profession, and the 3rd of her jubilee. She was
a Lady highly distinguished in the World by her descent from an Antient
and good family, but still more highly distinguished by the many
virtuous actions which she herself had performed. The exalted
qualities, which she had abundantly received from the partial kindness
of Nature & grace, it was her constant study and business through
every period of her Life to employ in advancing the Interests of re-
ligion and the happiness & edification of her Sisters. Under circum-
stances peculiarly unfavourable & difficult, it was her Lot to discharge
the office of Procuratrix for the space of thirteen years, afterwards that
of Prioress for the space of 1 1, & lastly that of Abbess for 8 ; and she
discharged them all with equal integrity and credit. Sinking at length
under the continual cares & Labours of her charge, she calmly closed
her eyes on this world, and passed into Eternity amidst the supplications
& tears of her disconsolate Sisters. We earnestly request the assistance
of your charitable sacrifices and prayers for the repose of her soul.
R.I.P.
A Register
of such Benefactors as have notably advanced the Spiritual
or Temporal Good of this Convent of our B. Lady of Con-
solation Cambray since the beginning hereof & profes-
sion of the Ist Religious which was January Ist 1625.
A.D. 1624 deceased the R* Honble Rvd Anthony de Winge
Abbot of Liessie (Latiensis) to whom we are obliged not only for his
great temporal charity wh. he particularly shewed to the Convent ;
But also withall devout Christians for his care & expenses he was
at in setting forth the Spiritual Works of his Predecessor the Venb,e
Abbot Blosius, so useful for all devout people but especially for all
Religious persons.
Next followed the 3 Venerable Fathers Leander a S. Martino
[Jones, ob. 1635], Bennet Jones [ob. 1639] & Austin Baker but
this collection tells more of them than the Register, wh. as to them I
let allone. This Father Austin died in 1639 [1641].
AD. 1635, died the Most Noble Antony Montmorency of the
Illustrious family of the Monmorency's France, Abbot of S. Andrew's
in Cambresis of the H. O. of S. Bennet, it was he who first gave us the
house we live in. He was during his lifetime a good friend & Benefactor.
Next comes R. Father Clem* Reyner [ob. 165 1], first, because he got
from Rome the confirmation of the old Refuge. Secondly, In the
time that he was President (I use the words of the Register) was laid
XIII. F
82 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
the foundation of our Church & Choir, towards the building of wh.
he gave us 500^ Sterling. Likewise he gave us a considerable Relic
of the Holy Cross, wh. is set in a great silver Crucifix. May God
reward him for his Charity.
A.D. 1665. Jan. 13. [ Weldon says Jan. 21] died the V. R. F. Will.
Walgrave who as well in the time he was Confessor as afterwards,
till his Death, did in divers manners very effectually express his Charity
& affectionate Zeal for the good of this Convent, not only being ready
to suffer inconveniences himself on that account, but also giving many
considerable presents for the accommodation of the Infirmary & other
places. He discharged considerable debt for the purchase of a house
& bought another. In fine he intended us many other charities but
that Death prevented him for all wh. we ought to pray for him.
Next follows F. Rudesind [Barlow > ob. 1656] but with no
particular but what is related. April 15. 1666. V. R. F. John
Meutise departed this life. He was our Confessor in the Year
1633. & continued 8 years to be so, in which time & principally by
his care & discipline Our Church & Choir were built & likewise
our vital pensions were much by his care & assistance procured &
settled, which for many years was our chief subsistance He bore a
great affection to our Convent much tendering the good thereof, for
wh. & for many friendly offices, we are obliged [to have a grateful
memory of him, as of a worthy friend & benefactor.
A.D. 1667. Aug. 13. [ Weldon says Aug. 6]. V. R. F. Paul
Robinson died who had obliged this Convent by many Donations
given at several times in rents & ready money, to the value of more
than 500^ Sterling, besides the very many more friendly offices of great
importance for which he deserves to be gratefully remembered by us.
Dec. 5. [Weldon says Sept. 12] 1667. Very Rd F. Goderic Blunt
departed this life, being Prior of S* Gregory's in Douay. He did for
several years together give us 10^ Sterling, per annum, & in the
1658 he gave to us the sum of 130^ Sterling, according to his Will
signified at his profession. He was always ready to do any friendly
office, so that we may with just reason place him in this number of our
Benefactors.
A.D. 1663. Dec. 24. New Style. [Buried at Dilston, Dec. 18.]
Departed this life our Honble Benefactor Sir Ed- Radcliffe of Diul-
ston in the County of Northumberland Baronet, who, having here in
this Convent 2 Daughters Religious, was a very good friend to our
house. Likewise on the 28. of Dec. 1668. [Buried at Di/slon, Dec. 19]
departed this life his Lady, the Honble Eliz. Radcliffe wife of the above
said Sir Edward. She was a Noble Benefactress to this Convent giving
us in her lifetime 900^ Sterling to establish for our Convent a per-
petual of 54^ per annum & at her death gave us 50^ Sterling more.
A.D. 1643. Mr Morgan of Weston in Warwickshire departed
this life, who out of charity gave to this Convent 200^" Sterling. He
had a sister professed at the beginning of this house, being one of the
first 9, but she died some years before her brother.
This was the gallant Colonel Thomas Morgan, of Weston-under-Wethele,
co. Warwick, who raised a regiment of horse for the king at his own ex-
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 1620-1793 83
pense, and was slain at the first battle of Newbury, Sept. 20, 1643. He
married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Fermor, of Somerton, co. Oxon, Knt.,
by his first wife Jane, daughter of Rowland Lacon, of Willey, co. Salop,
Esq., and his daughter Mary became a Carmelite nun at Antwerp. The
colonel was buried with his wife's family at Somerton.
A.D. 1685. Aug. 8. Departed this life Mr Lupine a Low Country
man & Canon of S. Gery's in the town of Cambray, who was a most
constant friend to this house for above 40 years together. He did for
more than 7 years together say our second Mass on all Sundays & H.
Days & very frequently on the Week Days when desired. He gave us
very considerable things useful both for our Church & Monastery. He
went once to Bruxsels to negotiate a business of great importance to
our Convent & lived there very sparingly to save us charges & he was
in all occasions ready to pleasure us. He left us a this death a legacy
of 25^, tho' we have not yet received it, but our obligations are the
same to him for charity & good will.
A.D. July 17. Departed this life Mr Edward Thimbelby Prevot
& Canon of S. Gery's in Cambray. He was a good friend to us for
many years together on several occasions, in his life he gave us 20^ &
at his death 60^" more.
Mra Prudence Poynts left us at her death ioo;£ Ster. A.D. 1690,
March 17, Sir James Philipps of Stoke-Charity in Hampshire
Baronet departed this life. At his death he left us 100^ Sterling &
his sister Mra Charity Philipps left us ^50. Their family have been
good friends to our Congrat. Anno 1701, Feb. 16, New Style, M™
Lettuce Tasburgh of Flixton departed this life; She gave us at
several times 100^.
Sir James Phelips, 4th and last Bart., of Stoke Charity, co. Southampton,
joined the army of James II. in Ireland in Jan. 1688-9, and died at Cork
March 18, 1689-90. His sister Charity died unmarried at Stoke Charity,
Aug. 29, 1674.
Letitia Tasburgh was one of the seven daughters of Sir John Tasburgh,
**Knt., of Flixton Abbey, co. Suffolk, by Letitia, dau. and heiress of James
Cressye, Esq., and her brother Cressye Tasburgh, of Bodney, co. Norfolk,
Esq., married the widow of Sir Thomas Phelips, 2nd Bart., uncle of the
4th Bart.
A. 1698. Jan. 28, New Style, died Sir Thos Gascoigne of
Barnbow in Yorkshire Baronet he gave to the Monastery at his death
200^ Sterling & had been in his lifetime a good Benefactor giving
very often considerable Alms to us. Likewise his Father Old Sir
Thomas who died at Lambspring was our good Benefactor, he gave
us several charities, & in respect & kindness to his Daughter & niece,
he settled upon their lives 10 £ yearly for each which we received for
many years together during his nieces' life & still receive for his
daughter ; our Convent has great obligations to that Family, who from
i8t beginning [have] been good Benefactors to us.
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, of Barnbow, Parlington, and Lasingcroft, 3rd
Bart, aged 43 at the Visitation of Yorkshire in 1666, married Elizabeth, dau.
of William Sheldon, of Beoley, co. Worcester, and Weston, co. Warwick,
Esq., by Elizabeth, dau. of William, 2nd Lord Petre, but died s.p.f and the
84 RECORDS OF THE ABBEY OF OUR LADY OF
title and estates passed to his nephew Thomas, son of his brother George;
His father, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bart., died at the Benedictine monastery at
Lambspring, of which his brother John was abbot, May 12, 1686, aged 93.
his daughter, Dame Frances, died in 1708 ; and his niece was Dame Mary
Eugenia Hoghton, who died in 1701.
An. 1676. March 20. died Mrs Hall of High-Meadows in this
our Monastery where she had retired herself 2 years before her death.
Her life was very pious wh she concluded with a happy end. She
was a good friend & Benefactor to our Convent & lies buried amongst
our Religious near her Daughter & Grand Daughter, who had both
been examplar Religious in this Monastery & her youngest Daughter
who was Abbess when she died, lies buried in the same grave with her
with this following Epitaph.
M. S.
Ornatissimae Matronae Dfiae
Annas Hall Anglae
Illustri Marchionum Wigorniensium
In Anglia Stemmate oriundae
Et
D. Benedicti Hall de High Meadows
In agro Glocestriensi Torparchae
Conjugi et Viduae
quae
Ultima pcene Senectute Patriae simul
& Seculo renuntians, ut sibi
vacaret et Deo, ex hoc
Monrio in ccelum
Migravit Mart: 20 —
An: Salutis 1676
JEt suae 79.
What follows is on the same stone.
In spem Resurrectionis
Hie dormit
R.A D. Catherina Hall hujus Monrii quondam Abbatissa
Fuit insigni patientia et prudentia ordinata, suavitate
morum multum amabilis, immortalem animam Patri Crea-
tori sanctissime reddidit, mortale quod a Creatura habuit
Matri in hoc tumulo jacenti pia gratitudine restituit die
17. Martii An 1692
The Venble & Illustrious Arch** Francis Vanderburgh deserves
a place amongst our Benefactors. He was a man of much sanctity &
particularly devoted to the B. V. Mary, indefatigable in his Pastoral
functions ; being very zealous he much reformed the Pastors of his
diocese & purged it from heretics 5 he called for this end a provincial
council in the year 1631 in which he presided in his Archiepiscopal
palace ; he did many things in his lifetime worthy of eternal memories
the adorning the Episcopal chapel in the Metropolitan church enlarging
the Episcopal palace with necessary buildings, he gave (many things of
CONSOLATION AT CAMBRAI, 162O-1793 85
great worth both to churches in the country & almost to all the churches
throughout his whole diocese. But he was especially zealous for the
Education of Youth, frequently expressing how much he believed all
Pastors are obliged to take care of the instruction of Young Persons,
on which he said depended the whole good of Religion. In this view
he built & founded the house called " Des Filles de S. Agnes " in this
Town of Cam bray for ioo poor Girls, natives of the Town who should
have their whole maintenance & learning for 7 years together & then sent
away well clad. Likewise they are obliged to give instructions to all
others who shall come by day indifferently rich & poor.
Also he founded the Dominical School, so called because that poor
boys are to be instructed there every Sunday, who have not means to
go to Colleges; & to encourage them to come to their Catechisms
every such boy as comes on that account receives at his going from
the catechism a penny & a loaf of bread He made many more such
foundations & at his death he left many pious legacies to a great many
monasteries & some considerable alms to every chapel of his Diocese
where there was any Image of our B. Lady He was a good friend to
this our Monastery of our B. Lady, to which he left 10^ a year at his
death, having favoured it all his lifetime.
It was he that admitted this Convent into his Diocese & gave us
leave to live subject to our Congregation only he reserved to himself
that right of visiting in person which authourity he never made use
of neither has any of his Successors ever done it, leaving us entirely
to our own Superiors & having on all occasions showed much kindness
& civility to this our Convent, in an especial manner this present
Archbishop M^ Fenelon who frequently bestows considerable charities
on us & grants us the honour & favour of his protection.
Many more things might be said of the pious life of our Venble
Archbishop Vanderburg which are to be seen in his life by Mr Louis
Foulon Canon of the Metropolitan Church of Cambray who have
written simply of the great & heroical actions of this incomparable
Prelate who was the 79th bishop 7th Archbp & 10th Duke of Cambray
having been ist Bp of Gant before his promotion to Cambray.
He died piously in our Lord at Mons in Hainault the 23 of May
1644 aet 77 Archiepiscopatus 28 & was buried with great solemnity in
the Church of the V R FF of the S. of J.
NO. II
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
APPARENTLY PREPARED IN THE INTERESTS OF
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, 1574 and 1582
EDITED BY JOHN BANNERMAN WAINEWRIGHT
(Record Office, Dom. Eliz. XCIX, 55, CLVII, 90)
The transcripts of these lists and the materials for this introductory note
have been supplied by the Rev. J. H. Pollen, SJ. For the notes of identi-
fication the Editor is solely responsible.
The first list belongs to the year 1574. It is written in a small paper
book of twenty leaves endorsed Recusants names ; but it actually contains
the names of various noblemen, knights, and gentry of England and Wales
(together with those of three Scotsmen), roughly grouped as " Catholicks "
and " Heretikes."
The second list belongs to the year 1582. It is written on two pages,
and is endorsed Memorial the. It contains the names of various noblemen
and knights of England divided into Catholic, Indifferent, and Protestant.
On the outside leaf of the first list is written : —
" Sr tyas ot euouk eht etats fo eht eneuq. d.
Ducats 12000
365
60000
72000
36000
4380000 ducados iada anno"
Of this entry no explanation is attempted. On the fly-leaf are the
following entries : —
,, ffrom wynkfilde to bukstones — 12 mil.
miles jto Congleton — 12 mil. to latham therle of
50 [Darbies house — 20 mil to lirpole 6 or 8 mile /.
mi /from chatsworth to congleton — 16 mi
42 \and so to lirpole as before
miles (fr°m Sheffilde over the moores to glossoppe — 16 miles
g -jto bery 8 miles to blagebourne — 12 miles to wyrepole
4 [12 or 14 miles.
The distances seem for the most part singularly underestimated. Lirpole
of course is Liverpool, bery Bury, and blagebourne Blackburn. Wyerpool
or Wyer Water was in those days, and until Fleetwood was built, an im-
portant harbour for vessels of moderate burden. The important thing to
remark, however, is that Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in the Earl
of Shrewsbury's manor at South Wingfield, Derbyshire, for some months
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 87
in 1569, and was removed thence to Tutbury, and thence to Coventry, and
thence to Chatsworth, and thence to Lord Shrewsbury's house in Sheffield,
where she was in 1574.
It seems, therefore, in the highest degree probable that the first list was
drawn up by some adherent of Queen Mary, to be used in her cause.
When we come to the second list, the probability becomes a practical
certainty. Its archetype is undoubtedly the paper of 1 5 7 1 , now in the Vatican
Archives, which is printed in Prince A. LabanofPs Lettres de Marie Stuart
(London, 1844), iii. 251-3. This is a list of English peers, which (as it seems
from the confession of Robert Higford, the Duke of Norfolk's secretary) was
drawn up by Ridolfi, and submitted by him to the Duke to be annotated.
Against certain names the Duke wrote P. for propitius, against others H.
for hostis, and against others N. for neuter. In the printed list occasionally
N is followed by the sign 4- , which seems to express a doubt whether the
N should not be H.
Father Pollen has found lists similar to the above relating to Scotland,
and has published them in the Scottish Historical Society's volume, Papal
Negotiations with Mary, Queen of Scots.
Among the "articles to be ministered to [B. Thomas] Cottam, [B. Luke]
Kirby, and others, of late * committed to the Tower," is the following : f —
" Whether have you not heard of some Catalogues of names of the principal
favourers of the Romish religion within this realm have been delivered to
the Pope, and what principal persons do you remember to have been con-
tained in the said catalogue ? "
Of some such catalogue our first list appears to be a rough draft. As it
does not recognise neutrals, it includes under the name of Catholics very
many to whom the designation is wholly inapplicable.
In the following notes : —
D.N.B. means The Dictionary of National Biography.
H.S.P. means Harleian Society Publications.
C.R.S. means the publications of this Society.
N. &r* Q. means Notes and Queries.
The Calendars of State Papers Foreign or Domestic are alluded to by
the first year which each covers — e.g. Cal. Dom. 1547, Calendar
of State Papers Domestic 1547-80, and Cal. Dom. Add. 1566,
Calendar of State Papers Domestic Addenda 1566-79.
Camden Misc. IX. means the paper on Letters of the Bishops to the
Privy Council, published in the IXth Camden Miscellany (London,
1895), and Cal. Cecil MS S. refers to the Calendar of Cecil MSS.
preserved at Hatfield, and published by the Historical MSS.
Commissioners.
It has also seemed advisable to use the following abbreviations : —
Baines = Baines (E.), History of Lancashire (London, &c, 1836).
Berry, Bucks = Berry (W.), Bucks Genealogies (London, 1837).
Berry, Hants = „ Hants „ ( „ 1833).
Berry, Sussex= „ Sussex „ ( „ 1830).
Berry, Surrey •= „ Surrey „ ( „ 1837).
Blomefield=Blomefield (F.), Norfolk (London, 1805-10).
Bradney = Bradney (J.), Monmouthshire (London, 1904-7).
Brayley = Brayley (W. E.), Surrey (London, 1878-81).
Camm = Camm (B.), op. cit.
Cal. Inner T. Pec. = Calendar of Inner Temple Records (London, 1896-
1901).
Cokayne = Cokayne (G. E.), Complete Peerage (London, 1887-98).
* 4 Dec. 1580.
t Camm (B.), Lives of the English Martyrs (London, 1904-5), ii. 506.
88 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Cokayne, i?. = Cokayne (G. E.), Baronetage (Exeter, 1900-1909).
Cox=Cox (J. C), Churches of Derbyshire (Chesterfield, &c, 1875—9).
Dasent = Dasent (J. R.), Acts of the Privy Council (London, 1890-1907).
Foster, G. V. Y. = Foster (J.), Glover's Visitation of Yorks (London,
1875).
Foster, D. V.P. — Foster (J.), Durham Visitation Pedigrees (London,
1887).
Foster, G.I. R.= Foster (J.), Gray's Inn Register (London, 1889).
Gachet = two articles in Commission Royale d'Histoire, Compte-Rendu
des Stances, ire Serie iii. et xvi. (Bruxelles).
Gage = Gage (J.), Hengrave (London, 1822).
Gillow = Gillow (J.), Bibliographical Dictionary of English Catholics
(London, &c, 1885-1902).
Hamilton = Hamilton (A.), Chronicle of the English Augustinian
Canonesses of St. Monica's, Louvain, 1548-1625 (Edinburgh, 1904).
Hasted = Hasted (E.), Kent (Canterbury, 1778-99).
Howard = Howard (J. J.), Hervey's Visitation of Suffolke (Lowestoft,
&c, 1866-76).
Knox=Knox (T. F.), First and Second Diaries of the English College,
Douay (London, 1878).
Manning and Bray = Manning (O.) and Bray (W.), Surrey (London,
1804-14).
Marshall = Marshall (G. W.), Visitation of Wilts (London, 1882).
MJ.T. = Members of the Inner Temple (London, 1877).
Metcalfe, Northants= Metcalfe (W. C), Visitation of Northamptonshire
(London, 1887).
Metcalfe, Suffolk** Metcalfe (W. C), Visitation of Suffolk (Exeter,
1882).
Metcalfe, Worcs.— Metcalfe (W. C), Visitations of Worcestershire
(Exeter, 1883).
Nash = Nash (T.), Worcestershire (London, &c, 1781-2).
Nicholas = Nicholas (T.), Annals of Counties and County Families of
Wales (London, 1871-2).
Pollen = Pollen (J. H.), Acts of the English Martyrs (London, 1891).
Proost = an article in the Messager des Sciences Historiques (Gand,
1865).
Rec. Line. Inn Adm. = Records of Lincoln's Inn, Admissions (London,
1896).
Rudder = Rudder (S.), Gloucestershire (Cirencester, 1779).
Sharp = Sharp (Sir C.), Memorials of the Rebellion of 1569 (London,
1840).
Shaw=Shaw (W. A.), Knights of England (London, 1906).
Strype, ^4. = Strype (J.), Annals (Oxford, 1824).
Strype, P.= „ Parker (Oxford, 1821).
Strype, W.= „ Whitgift (Oxford, 1822).
Surtees = Surtees(R.), Durham (London, 1825-40).
Vict. Hist. = The Victoria Histories of the various Counties now being
published.
Vivian, Cornwall^ Vivian (J. L.), Visitations of Cornwall (Exeter,
1887).
Vivian, Devon = Vivian (J. L.), Visitations of Devon (Exeter, 1895).
Weaver, Heref = Weaver (F. W.), Cooke's Visitation of Herefordshire
(Exeter, 1886).
Weaver, Somerset = Weaver (F. W.), Visitations of Somersetshire
(Exeter, 1885).
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 89
FIRST LIST.
[Page 1.] Catholicks (a) in Inglonde 1574.
1 Erie of Worcester (b) (1).
2 Erie of Southampton (b) (2).
3 Erie of Oxforde veir (b) (3).
4 Erie of Comberlande (6) (4).
5 Earle of Arondell (b) (5).
6 Marques of Winchester (paulet) (b) (6).
1 Lorde Montacute +(b) (7).
2 Lorde lomley -f (b) (8).
3 Lorde giles paulet (9).
4 lorde chid pawlet +(10).
5 lorde pagett -{-(b) (n).
6 lorde darcy north +(12).
(a) See Introduction above, p. 87.
(£) See Cokayne.
(1) William (Somerset), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 3rd Earl of Worcester. {D.N.B. liii. 247.)
(2) Henry (Wriothesley), 2nd Earl of Southampton. {D.N.B. Ixiii. 152.)
(3) Edward (de Vere), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 17th Earl of Oxford. {D.N.B. lviii. 225.)
(4) George (Clifford), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 3rd Earl of Cumberland. {D.N.B. xi. 59.)
(5) Henry (Fitzalan), 12th Earl of Arundel. {D.N.B. xix. 88.)
(6) John (Paulet), 2nd Marquess of Winchester.
(7) Anthony (Browne), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 1st Viscount Montague. {D.N.B. vii. 40.)
(8) John (Lumley), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of Scots
in October 1586, 6th or 7th Baron Lumley. {D.N.B. xxxiv. 272.)
(9) Lord Giles Paulet, 3rd son of the 1st Marquess of Winchester, was admitted
to Gray's Inn 1544; married Mary, d. of Nicholas Trappes, and had one son
and two daughters. He lived at Cottles, Wiltshire. (Marshall, 92 ; Foster,
G.LR. 17.)
(10) Lord Chideock Paulet (4th?), son of the 1st Marquess of Winchester, lived
at Wade near Warblington, Hampshire. He was married, and had issue, according
to Burke's Peerage, which, (erroneously, if Marshall is to be trusted,) makes him
3rd son. He was Receiver of Hampshire, and Captain of Portsmouth from 1552 to
1562. He retained Elizabeth's confidence to some extent, for on 10 January 1567
he was appointed head of a commission to inquire into concealed lands belonging
to suppressed religious houses in Hants and Berks. In 1569 he refused to subscribe
the Act of Uniformity ; and in 1578 he was a recusant, residing at the Spittle-without-
Bishopsgate, London, where mass was being said. (Dasent , iv.-vii. ; Cal. Dom.
1547, 207, 287, 348 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 550-1.)
It is probable that both Lord Giles and Lord Chideock died not very long after
the date of this document.
(11) Thomas (Paget), 3rd Baron Paget. {D.N.B. xliii. 59.)
(12) Edward (Dacre), styling himself Lord Dacre of Gillsland or of the North, is
auite ignored by Cokayne. His brother Leonard, who had been receiving 1200
ucats a year from the King of Spain, died at Brussels, 12 Aug. 1573. Up to his
brother's death Edward Dacre had been receiving 720 ducats a year, but this allow-
ance was then increased to 1200 ducats. On 1 Dec. 1574 Thomas Wilson, the
English Ambassador, formally demanded the expulsion of Edward Dacre and various
other English refugees from Spanish territory, and this demand was repeated in a
letter from Queen Elizabeth, dated 3 July 1575. He resided at Namur, but after-
wards came to Rheims. The date of his death has not been ascertained. (Knox,
157, 161-4, 298 ; Proost, 284-6; Gachet, xvi. 19-21.)
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lorde Stafforde (b) (13).
lorde harbart erle of Wor sonne (b) (14).
lorde talbot (b) (15).
lorde wharton (b) (16).
lorde Vaus (b) (17).
lorde monteigle -\-(b) (18).
lorde Compton -f (£) (19).
lorde Sturton +(b) (20).
lorde henry br to the late d of norf : (b) (21).
Sr Ihon Arondell +(22).
Sr Ihon Throgmarten (23).
Sr Rob* Throgmrten + (24).
Sr Thos cofwallis +(25).
Sr henry beningfild +(26).
Sr Ihon Sulliarde +(27).
Sr Raulfe Chamberleine (28).
Sr Thorns Stanley +(29).
(&) See Cokayne.
(13) Edward (Stafford), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 3rd Baron Stafford.
(14) Edward (Somerset), 4th Earl of Worcester.
(15) Francis Talbot, 1st s. and h. ap. of George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury.
(16) Thomas (Wharton), 2nd Baron Wharton. {D.N.B. lx. 416.)
(17) William (Vaux), 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden. {D.N.B. lviii. 196.)
(18) William (Stanley), 3rd Baron Monteagle.
(19) Henry (Compton), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 1st Baron Compton. {C.R.S. ii. 27, 180, 181.)
(20) John (Stourton), one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of
Scots in October 1586, 9th Baron Stourton.
(21) Lord Henry Howard, afterwards 1st Earl of Northampton. {D.N.B.
xxviii. 28.)
(22) For Sir John Arundell, called "the great Arundell of Cornwall," son and
grandson of knights of the same name, see D.N.B. ii. 141, as corrected and sup-
plemented by N. 6° Q.y nth Series, iii. 415, 491.
(23) Sir John Throckmorton. {D.N.B. lvi., s.v. Throckmorton, Francis.) He
was knighted 21 Aug. 1565. (Shaw, ii. 72.)
(24) Sir Robert Throckmorton, e.s. of John Throckmorton, of Weston Under-
wood, Warwickshire, by Agnes, d. of Thomas Wilford, of Lenham, Lancashire, was
knighted in or before 1564, in which year he was a J. P., and declined to subscribe to
the Act of Uniformity in 1569. (Hamilton, 94: Cal. Dom. 1547, 363, 366; Cam-
den Misc. ix. 7.)
(25) Sir Thomas Cornwallis. {D.N.B. xii. 242.) See also Gage.
(26) Sir Henry Bedingfield. {D.N.B. iv. 113.)
(27) Sir John Sulyard, of Wetherden, Suffolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk and
Suffolk, 1555-6, knighted 1557 ; married (1) Elizabeth, d. of Sir Edmund Beding-
field, of Oxborow [Oxburgh] ; (2) Elizabeth, d. of Sir John Jerningham, of Somerley-
ton, by whom he had two sons, Edward and Thomas, both recusants ; and (3) Alice,
d. of Humphrey Carvell, of Wignall St. Mary's, Norfolk. (Metcalfe, Suffolk, 70,
168; Dasent, v.; Shaw, ii. 76.)
(28) Sir Ralph Chamberlayne, of Gedding, Suffolk, was an officer in the Navy,
knighted 2 October 1553. He was Vice- Admiral of the Narrow Seas, 1556-8.
(Dasent, vi. ; Shaw, ii. 66.)
(29) Sir Thomas Stanley, of Winswick, Derbyshire, 2nd s. of Edward, 3rd
Earl of Derby, K.G., was knighted 2 October 1553; married Margaret, d. and
co-heir of Sir George Vernon of the Peak; was in the Tower 1572 for a supposed
conspiracy on behalf of the Queen of Scots, and died in 1576. (Burke, Peerage ;
C.R.S. \. 59; Shaw, ii. 66.)
Darb
9
Sr
Kent
IO
Sr
Norff
ii
Sr
Camb
12
Sr
York
J3
Sr
York
14
sr
Lancash
15
sr
Surrey
16
sr
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 91
Thorns Gearret + (30).
warrhm S* leger +(31).
Xpofer heidon (32).
Ihon Colton (33).
Gervais Clifton -f (34).
Willm Inglebye (35).
Ihon Southworth +(36).
henry Weston (37).
(30) Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn, Lancashire, Etwall, Derbyshire, &c, ancestor
of the Lords Gerard, was knighted 2 October 1553. In 1558 he was High Sheriff of
Lancashire. He was in the Tower 1 571-1572 for a supposed conspiracy on behalf
of the Queen of Scots, and again 23 August 1586 to 16 October 1588 for supposed
complicity in the Babington plot. At the latter date he was removed to the Counter
in Wood St. He married Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Sir John Port of Etwall. He
died in September 1601. Both he and Lady Gerard were recusants in 1587.
(Strype, A. III. ii. 597 ; Gillow, ii. 424-6; C.R.S. i. 59, ii. passim ; Shaw, ii. 67.)
(31) Sir Warham St. Leger. (D.N.B. 1. 167.)
(32) Sir Christopher Heydon, of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, was knighted in or after
1549, and succeeded his grandfather at Baconsthorpe in 1551. High in the confi-
dence of Queen Mary, he was also a persona grata with Queen Elizabeth, and was
appointed a commissioner for the repression of piracy in 1565. He married (1)
Anne, d. of Sir William Drury, of Halstead, Suffolk, who died 7 Sept. 1561 ; (2)
Temperance, d. of Sir Wimond Carew, of Antony, Cornwall, who died 9 Oct. 1577 ;
and (3) Agnes, d. of Robert Crane, of Chilton, Suffolk, who survived him, and married
Sir Edward Clere. He died 10 Dec. 1579. (Blomefield, vi. 507 ; Shaw, ii. 64 ;
Dasent, iv.-xu, xxxii. 152; Howard, i. 146.)
(33) Sir John Cotton, of Land wade, Cambridgeshire, was knighted 2 Oct. 1553 ;
married Isabel, d. of Sir William Spencer of Althorp, and died 1593. He signed
the Act of Uniformity as a J. P. in 1569. (Shaw, ii. 67; H.S.P. xli. 22; Camden
Misc. ix. 24, 25.)
(34) Sir Gervase Clifton, of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, b. about April 1516, was
knighted on or before 15 Nov. 1538, and was "generally styled Gentle Sir
Gervase." He seems to have been in high favour with Queen Elizabeth. He
married (1) Mary, d. of Sir John Neville, of Chete, Yorks ; and (2) Winifred, d.
and co-h. of William Thwaites, of Oulton, Suffolk, and widow of Sir George Pierre-
point, of Holme. He was a J.P., described by the Protestant bishop as " in religion
very cold," in 1564. He died about 20 Jan. 1587/8. (Thoroton, Nottinghamshire
(London, 1797), i. 107 ; Shaw, ii. 51 ; Camden Misc. ix. 72.)
(35) Sir William Ingilby, of Ripley, Yorks, was knighted 23 Sept. 1545, Trea-
surer of Berwick, January 1557/8 to July 1562, High Sheriff 1564. As Joint Vice-
Steward and Joint Vice-Constable of Knaresburgh Castle with Francis Slingsby
under the Earl of Cumberland, he refused to be drawn into participation with the
Northern Rising of 1569. He married Anne, d. of Sir William Mallory, of Studley.
Their 4th son was the Ven. Francis Ingilby. (Foster, G.V.Y. 283; Shaw, ii. 57;
Dasent, vii. 113; Cal. Dom, Add. 1547, 467; Cal. Dom Add. 1566, passim;
Pollen, 304 ; Camden Misc. ix. 72.)
(36) Sir John Southworth, of Samlesbury, near Blackburn, Lancashire, was
knighted in September 1547. Two of his sons (respectively the 2nd and 4th),
John {C.R.S. vi. 158 «.) and Christopher {C.R.S. i. 74, ii. passim, vi. 158 «.),
were priests. In addition to C.R.S. iv. 180, see Baines, i. 535, 538, 539, iii. 354 ;
Shaw, ii. 61 ; Dasent, xiii.-xv.
(37) Sir Henry Weston, b. 1535 (s. of Sir Francis Weston, K.B., of Sutton
Place, Woking, Surrey, who was executed for adultery with Queen Anne Boleyne),
was restored in blood 1550, served at the siege of Calais 1557-8, was created K.B.
15 Jan. 1558/9, and twice entertained Queen Elizabeth at Sutton Place. He
married Margaret (or Dorothy), d. of Sir Thomas Arundell, K.B., of Dorset, and
dying 11 April 1592 was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Guildford.
{D.N.B. Ix. 360 ; Brayley, i. 248 ; Manning and Bray, iii. 123 ; Shaw, i. 153.)
92 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Surrey 17 Sr Edwarde bray (38).
Yorksh f 18 Sr Wm babthorpe of babthorp (39).
est I 19 Sr Mrmaduke cunstable of everingham (40).
Ridg [ 20 Sr Ihon cunstable of cunstable burton (41).
nor wales 21 Sr Rice griffith of Carnarvonshire (42).
Derbyshire 22 Sr Ihon Salisbery (43).
flintshire 23 Sr tho Hanmer (44).
Yorksh 24 [ Sr edwarde gore of Stetinam (45).
nor 25 j Sr Wm fairefax of gillinge (46).
Rid. 26 [ Sr Rich chomley of Rokesly (47).
(38) Sir Edward Bray (e. s. of Sir Edward Bray, sometime Lieutenant of Calais
Castle, and M.P. for Surrey, jby Beatrice Shirley, his 2nd wife) was knighted
18 July 1560. He was M.P. for Helston, Cornwall, 1570-1, and was in the Queen's
Bench prison for debt in 1577. He married (1) Mary, d. of Simon Elvington, of
Northton ; (2) Elizabeth, d. of William Roper, of Eltham, Kent, who was buried at
Eyton Bray in Aug. 1560; (3) Magdalene, d. of Sir Thomas Cotton, who was buried
at Shere, 8 March 1563 ; and (4) Mary, whose parentage is unknown. She survived,
and married Edmund Tilney, master of the revels. He was buried at Shere, Surrey,
10 May 1581. (Berry, Surrey, 37 ; Shaw, ii. 71 ; Dasent, x. 93.)
(39) Sir William Babthorpe, 'of Babthorpe, Yorks, e. s. of a knight of the same
name, was knighted 18 July 1560, and having married (1) Barbara, d. of Sir Robert
Constable, of Everingham, and (2) Frances, d. of Sir Thomas Dawney, of Sezay, was
imprisoned in 1580, and died in the spring of 1581. The second Lady Babthorpe
was a recusant in 1587. He is described in 1564 as "Justice of Peace and no
favourer of religion." (Foster, G.V.Y. 598; Shaw, ii. 71; Simpson, Edmund
Campion (edn. 1896), 29, 236 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 359, III. ii. 597 ; Camden Misc.
ix. 71.)
(40) Sir Marmaduke Constable, of Everingham, Yorks (e. s. of Sir Robert, and
brother-in-law of the preceding), was knighted in September 1547. He took the
Queen's side in the Northern Rising of 1 569, and became a member of the Council
of the North in May 1574. He married Jane, d. of Christopher, Lord Conyers, and
died before 1582. (Foster, G. V. Y. 198 ; Shaw, ii. 62 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566.)
(41) Sir John Constable, of Constable Burton, Yorks (e. s. of a knight of the
same name), admitted to Gray's Inn 1544, was knighted 2 October 1553. He
married (1) Margaret, d. of John, Lord Scrope ; and (2) Katharine, d. of Henry,
Earl of Westmorland. He seems to have been a Protestant. He died before 1584.
(Shaw, ii. 68 ; Foster, G.I.R. 17 ; G. V. Y. 57, 58 ; Camden Misc. ix. 71.)
(42) Sir Rice Griffith of Penrhyn, Sheriff of Carnarvonshire 1567, M.P. for
Carnarvon 1555, was knighted Feb. 22 1546/7. (Shaw, ii. 60; Nicholas, 344,
349-)
(43) There is no Sir John Salisbury of Derbyshire to be discovered by such
contemporary documents as have been accessible to the present writer. One John
Salisbury, knighted 22 Feb. 1546/7, was one of the two Receivers of Wales in 1560.
He was of Llewenny, Denbighshire, and died about 1566. He married Katharine
Tudor, by whom he had issue. It is possible that the writer of the list here anno-
tated confused Denbighshire and Derbyshire, and had not heard of Sir John's death.
(See D.N.B. under Salisbury (Thomas) and Clough (Richard) ; Shaw, ii. 60.)
(44) Sir Thomas Hanmer, of Hanmer, Flintshire, knighted 22 Feb. 1546/7, by
his 2nd wife Catherine, d. of Sir Thomas Mostyn, was father of the first Bart. He
died 18 April 1619. (Shaw, ii. 60; Cokayne, B. i. 152.)
(45) Sir Edward Gower, of Stittenham, Yorks, knighted in 1527, who married
Margery, d. of Sir Robert Constable, of Flamborough, must have died before or soon
after this list was drawn up. (Shaw, ii. 46 ; Foster, G. V. Y. 226.)
(46) Sir William Fairfax, of Gilling, Yorks, admitted to Gray's Inn 1544,
knighted 21 July 1560, married a daughter of Sir [? Richard] Stapleton, of Notting-
hamshire. He became a Member of the Council of the North in November 1582.
(Shaw, ii. 71 ; Foster, G.I.R. 17 ; G. V. Y 39 ; Cal. Bom. Add. 1580, 80.)
(47) Sir Richard Cholmeley, of Roxby, Yorks, knighted 11 May 1544, was High
Sheriff of Yorkshire 1556-7, and governor of Scarborough Castle from 1557 to his
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 93
Yorksh 27 f Sr Wm Bellassis of newbrough howse (48).
nor Rid. sS\ Sr Thorns Danby (49).
glamorgansh 29 Sr Edwarde Stradlinge (50).
carmardn 30 Sr henry Iones (51).
staffordsh 31 Sr Thorns fitherbert +(52).
chessh 32 Sr Roland Stanley (53).
Monmouth Sr Charles Somerset + (54).
death, which occurred in or just before May 1583. He married (1) Margaret, d. of
William, Lord Conyers ; and (2) Katharine, d. of Henry, Earl of Westmorland, and
widow of John, Lord Scrope. He was in trouble in 1565 ; but not apparently on
account of religion. (Shaw, ii. 55 ; Foster, G.V.Y. 220; Cal. Dom. 1581, 109;
Dasent, vii.)
(48) Sir William Bellasis, or Belasyse, of Newborough, Yorks, father of the first
baronet, was knighted in 1557, and was sometime High Sheriff of Yorks. He
married Margaret, sister of Sir William Fairfax above (n. 46), and died 13 April
1604, aged 81. (Shaw, ii. 70; s.v. William Bellows; Foster, G.V.Y. 39, 232;
Cokayne, i. 43 ; Cal. Dom. 1598, 530.)
(49) Sir Thomas Danby, of Thorpe Perrow, Yorks, was a brother of Christopher
Danby, one of those implicated in the Northern Rising of 1569, and was himself con-
sidered " ill-affected in religion." Knighted Sept. 1547, he was at one time High
Sheriff of Yorks. He married Margaret, d. of Ralph (Neville), Earl of Westmor-
land, and was living in 1585. (Shaw, ii. 61 ; Foster, G.V.Y. 263-4; Cal. Dom.
1595, 530 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 181.)
(50) Sir Edward Stradling. (D.N.B. lv. 13.)
(51) Sir Henry Johnes, of Abermarlais, Carmarthenshire, knighted 19 Oct.
1555, Sheriff 1574 and 1584, M.P. 1553, I554» 1558, 1563; was suspected of
Catholic leanings in 1572. He married Elizabeth, d. of Matthew Herbert, of Swan-
sea. (Shaw, ii. 68 ; Cal. Dom. 1547, 454; Nicholas, 268, 274, 277.)
(52) Sir Thomas Fitzherbert, of Norbury, Derbyshire, is the subject of a notice
in Gillow, which however may be briefly supplemented here. He was knighted 22
Feb. 1546-7, and was High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1547 and J555- Committed to the
Fleet in London, 27 Nov. 1561 ; he was still there inApril 1570. On 2 May 1574 he
was released for two months, and on 26 July 1581 he was ordered to be let out on
bail for the summer. Being very ill he received leave to remain out of prison
18 June 1582, and again 31 August 1586. In October and November of the pre-
vious year he was at Hampstead. In October 1586 he was accused of connexion
with the Northern Rising of 1569 (whereas, as we have seen, he appears to have
been in the Fleet at the time), of harbouring priests and Jesuits, of complicity with
Anthony Babington, and of allowing Fr. Persons to say Mass at Norbury. He was
summoned before the Council 26 March 1587, and imprisoned at Wisbech,
whence he was released on bail, 29 June 1589. He was imprisoned again at
Broughton, March 1589-90, and passed thence into the custody successively of the
Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir John Hart, late Lord Mayor of London. Sent
to the Tower at his own expense as close prisoner, 10 Jan. 1 590-1, he was threat-
ened with paralysis, and allowed to walk about within the confines of the Tower,
9 June, but died 2 Oct. 1591. (Gillow; C.R.S. i. 49; Cal. Dom. 1547, 524;
Dasent, viii. xiii.-xxi. ; Cal. Dom. 1581 ; Vict. Hist. Derby , ii. 23 sqq. ; Strype, W.
i. 529.)
(53) Sir Roland Stanley, of Hooton, Cheshire, knighted 2 Oct. 1553, was High
Sheriff of Cheshire in 1576. He married (1) Margaret, d. of Hugh Aldersey, of
Cheshire (by whom he was the father of Sir William Stanley, the well-known
Catholic adventurer) ; and (2) Ursula, d. of Sir Thomas Smith. Though a suspect in
1580, he remained on the commission of the peace for Cheshire in 1585, and became
in some degree responsible for the martyrdom of Ven. Thomas Holford. He died
1612, aged 96. {D.N.B. liv. 82 ; H.S.P. xviii. 215 ; Shaw, ii. 67.)
(54) Sir Charles Somerset, of Troy and Dixton, Monmouthshire, knighted in
January 1572/3, M.P. for the county 1571 and 1572,4th son of Henry, 2nd Earl
Worcester ; married Mary, d. of Thomas Brayne, of the Forest of Dean. His name
occurs in the Concertatio Ecclesia. (Shaw, ii. 75 ; Bradney, i. 23 ;/ Nicholas, 765.)
Darbishire
Northampt
Northamp
Worcester
(2.) norff
i
norff
2
norff
3
norff
4
norff
5
94 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Sr Humphery Bradburne (55).
Sr Iohn Spenser (56).
Sr Antonie Sturley (57).
Sr Iohn burne +(58) turne to the 14th leafe. *
Mr henry Jerninghm (59).
francs Southwell (60).
Richarde Southwell (61).
Roger townsende (62).
michele townsende (63).
(55) Sir Humphrey Bradborne (or Braidburie), of Ashbourn, Derbyshire, s. of
John Bradbourne, and Elizabeth, d. and co-heir of Richard Cotton, of Ridware,
Staffordshire, was knighted 18 May 1544. In 1564 he is described as a J.P. and an
adversary to religion. He was Sheriff in 1563 and 1574. He married Elizabeth,
d. of Sir William Turville, of Newhall, Leicestershire, and died 17 April 1581.
(Cox, iii. 389-91 ; Camden Misc. ix. 43 ; Shaw, ii. 56.)
(56) Sir John Spencer, of Althorp, Northants, ancestor of the Earls of Sunder-
land, Dukes of Marlborough, &c, was knighted 2 Oct. 1553. In 1564 he was a
J.P. of Northants and a great " letter " of Protestantism, and became a commissioner
of musters for Northants in 1569, and High Sheriff in 1584. In the latter capacity
he was ordered to arrest ' ' William Parsons, a Jesuit." He married Katharine, d.
of Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, Suffolk, and died 19 June 1608. (Cokayne,
i. 69 ; Metcalfe, 48 ; Shaw, ii. 67 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 207 ; Camden Misc. ix. 36.)
(57) Sir Anthony Stirley, or Strelley, of Beauchief Abbey, Derbyshire, knighted
3 Oct. 1547 ; was sometime Governor of Harlech Castle, in co. Merioneth, and died
about 1580, leaving a son and heir, Anthony. (Shaw, ii. 63 ; Cal. Dom. 1 581, 577 ;
Cox, i. 79.)
(58) Sir John Bourne, on the accession of Queen Mary became Principal Secre-
tary of State (an office which he resigned just before the close of the reign to Dean
Boxall) and a Member of the Privy Council (which post he retained to her death).
He was uncle to Gilbert Bourne, the last Catholic Bishop of Bath and Wells, and
possessed the manor of Battenhall, in the parish of St. Peter, Worcester, and other
property in Worcestershire. He was knighted 2 Get. 1553. On Elizabeth's acces-
sion he retired to Battenhall, and soon after, as High Steward of Worcester Cathedral,
embarked on a quarrel with Sandys, the new Protestant Bishop of Worcester, an
ancient enemy, which landed him in the Marshalsea 1563, from which he emerged
at the cost of his principles and dignity. He died in 1570, leaving at least two
sons, Anthony and Thomas, both of whom were recusants. The second is men-
tioned in the Concertatio Ecclesice. It is surprising how little is known of this states-
man. This list obviously assumes him to be still alive. (Shaw, ii. 66 ; Dasent,
iv.-vi. ; Cal. Dom. 1547, 223 ; Strype, A. i. ch. xxxv. ; Vict. Hist. Worcestershire,
ii. 47. sqq. ; Nash, i. 593-4- )
(59) Henry Jerningham, e. s. of Sir Henry Jerningham, of Costessy, Norfolk
{D.N.B. xxix. 349), and Mary his wife, d. of Sir Edward Baynham, of Beding-
field, Suffolk. Married (1) Eleanor, d. of William, Lord Dacre of Gillsland ; and
(2) Frances, d. of Sir John Jerningham, and widow of Thomas Bedingfield, Esq.
He died 15 June 1619, and was buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster. (Blome-
field, ii. 415 J but see C.R.S. vii. 431.)
(60) Francis Southwell, 2nd son of Sir Robert Southwell, Master of the Rolls,
married Barbara, widow of Richard Catlyn, Sergeant-at-law, and d. of John Spencer,
of Norwich, and died 10 Nov. 1582. (See H.S.P. xxxii. 261, 263; Blomefield,
viii. 377, 469, 470. The D.N.B. liii. 293 wrongly says that Sir Robert left no
children.)
(61) Richard Southwell, eldest brother of Ven. Robert Southwell {D.N.B. liii.
294) ; married Alice, 2nd d. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis (n. 25 above). {H.S.P.
xxxii. 260.)
(62) Roger Townshend. {D.N.B. lvii. 130; C.R.S. ii. 239; Cal. Cecil MSS.
iv. 267.)
(63) Michael Townshend remains unidentified. Possibly Thomas Townshend,
of Braconash, a magistrate suspected in 1587. (Strype, A. III. ii. 460.)
norff
6
norff
7
norff
8
norff
IO
norff
1 1
12
Suff
13
Suff
14
norff
15
Cumb
16
Suff
17
Suff
18
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 95
Willm paston (64).
Clement paston (65).
nicolas browne of elsinge (66).
Xforus lowell (of hoorlinge) (67).
Charles walgrave (68).
Robert downes (69).
George downes (70)
Ihon downes (71).
Raulfe downes (72).
Philip paris (73).
Thorns doile (74).
Roger nit en (75).
(64) William Paston. {D.N.B. xliv. 8.)
(65) Clement Paston. (D.N.B. xliv. 1.)
(66) Nicholas Browne, of Elsing, Norfolk, is doubtless the e. s. of William
Browne (e. s. of Sir Anthony Browne, D.N.B. vii. 38), by Anne, d. and co-heir of
John Hastings, Esq., of Elsing. (Blomefield, viii. 201.) Anthony Brown of Elsing
was a recusant 1 592. ( Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268. )
(67) Christopher Lovell, if he had any existence, was probably a son of Sir
Thomas Lovell, of Harling, Norfolk, by Elizabeth, d. of Sir Philip Paris, of Little
Linton, Cambridgeshire. She was a recusant in 1587. [See note 560 post.] The
1st and 3rd sons of the above marriage, Thomas and Robert, were recusants in I578,
and Robert was sent to Wisbech Castle in 1590, and was a recusant described as of
Beech Amwell in 1 592. (See H.S.P. xxxii. 191 ; Dasent, x. 312, 333, 342, xix. 10 ;
Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268 ; Strype, A. 460, 497- )
(68) Charles Waldegrave, e. s. of Sir Edward Waldegrave, (as to whom see
D.N.B. lix. 13, and The Month for Sept. 1909, "Flotsam and Jetsam"), married
Jeronyma, sister of Henry Jerningham (note 59 above), by whom he became ancestor
of the Earls Waldegrave, and died 25 January 1580.
(69) Robert Downes, e. s. of John Downes, of Great Melton, Norfolk, admitted
to Lincoln's Inn 19 April 1564, was imprisoned in the King's Bench and indicted
at the Essex Assizes for hearing Mass in 156 1. He was a recusant throughout his
life, and got into trouble in 1578, 1580, and 1590, being imprisoned at Norwich in
1580, and at Wisbech Castle in 1590. He married Margaret Kempe, of Essex, and
died in 1594 or 1595. {H.S.P. xxxii. 109; Rec. Line. Inn Adm. 71 ; Dasent,
x. 310, 313, 342, xix. 10; C.R.S. i. so, 52 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268; Cal. Dom.
1 581, 88, 290, 318 ; Strype, A.W. ii. 342.)
(70) George Downes, 2nd son, brother of the above, was a recusant in 1592.
{H.S.P. xxxii. 109; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268.)
(71) John Downes, of Hepworth, Suffolk, and of Boughton, Norfolk, probably
the son of Robert (above, n. 69), was a recusant in 1578 and 1586 and 1 592. {H.S.P.
xxxii. 109 ; Dasent, x. 310, 312 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268 ; Cal Dom. 1581, 319 ;
Strype, P. ii. 155.)
(72) One Ralph Downes was mayor of King's Lynn in 1556. Another was
admitted to Lincoln's Inn 14 May 1564, and was there in 1580. (Strype, A. II. ii.
343 ; Rec. Line. Inn Adm. i. 71.)
(73) Philip Paris, of Little Linton, Cambridgeshire, was e. s. of Sir Philip Paris
(knighted 1553), and father of the recusant Ferdinando Paris, of Norton, Norfolk.
{H.S.P. xli. 37 ; Blomefield, vii. 116, 119; Cal. Dom. 1581, v. 319; Dasent, x.
310, xviii. 415.)
(74) Probably Henry Doyly, of Shotesham, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in
1573, an(l of Norfolk in 1590. He was suspected of popery in 1587. He married
Anne, d. and sole heir of Edmund White, of Shotesham, and died in May 1 597.
(Blomefield, v. 508 ; H.S.P. xxxii. 113 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 460.)
(75) Roger Martin, b. 1537, e. s. of Richard Martin, of Long Melford, Suffolk,
by Ann Eden, of London, his first wife, entered Lincoln's Inn 14 March 1545/6. He
married (1) Ursula, d. of Sir Thomas Jermyn, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, who was
buried at Melford, 30 April 1562 ; and (2) Margaret, d. of Walter Bowles, Esq., of
Suff
19
hampsh
20
hampsh:
21
Wilsh
22
hamp
23
hamp
24
Kent
25
Camb
26
lincol
27
Suff
28
essex
29
96 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Ihon Daniell (76).
George Cotton (77).
henry shelley (78).
Thorns Gawen (79).
beniamin tichborne (80).
hierosme ticheborne (81).
finche (82).
Ihon Cotton (83).
dymocke (84).
henry drury suffok (85).
Ihon peters essex (86).
Pembrokeshire, who was buried at Melford, 16 April 1578, and himself died 3 August
161 5. He was a recusant throughout his long life, and so was his eldest son
Richard. He was imprisoned at Ipswich in 1578, and at Wisbech in 1590. In 1586
he agreed to pay 40 marks a year for his recusancy. In 1598 he is, probably by
mistake, described as of Northants. {Rec. Line. Inn A dm. i. 55 ; Parker (Sir W.),
Long Melford (London, 1873), 124 ; Metcalfe, Suffolk. 52, 152 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 343,
677, III. ii. 422 ; Dasent, x. 313, xi. 47, xix. 10, xxviii. 589.)
(76) John Daniel, e. s. of Edmund Daniel, of Acton, Suffolk, was imprisoned as
a recusant at Bury St. Edmunds in 1578. He married Margaret, d. and co-heir of
Edmund Tyrrel, Esq., of " Beches " in Essex. He and his wife each paid ^"20
a year as a fine for their recusancy. He died without issue 15 Sept. 1597. (Dasent,
x. 313, xi. 254; Metcalfe, Suffolk, 132 ; C.R.S. i. 118; Strype, A. III. ii. 422.)
(77) George Cotton, of Warblington, Hants (who married Mary, sister of William
Shelley, of Michelgrove), spent a long time in prison in the Fleet, at Ely, at Banbury
Castle, and elsewhere for his religion, and between 1587 and 1607 paid ,£260 a year
in fines for his recusancy. He died 8 Jan. 1609/10. {N. &■» Q., 10th Series, iv. 56,
1 14, xi. 382.)
(78) Henry Shelley, e. s. of Thomas Shelley, of Mapledurham, near Petersfield,
Hants, entered the Inner Temple November 1559, was imprisoned at the White
Lion, Southwark, 14 June 1579 to 11 June 1581, and died in 1585. (N. <5r» Q. 10th
S. ii. 155, 457 J MJ.T. 33.)
(79) Thomas Gawen, e. s. of William Gawen, of Northington in Alvediston,
Wilts, entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1559. He married Katharine, sister of
Charles Waldegrave (above, n. 68). He was imprisoned at Ely as a recusant, 1589-90.
His daughter Mary Frances became a Benedictine nun at Brussels, 1602. {M.I.T.
,33 ; Gillow, ii. 407 ; Dasent, xviii. 415.)
(80) Benjamin Tichborne, 1st Baronet, educated at Winchester College.
(Cokayne, B. i. 160-161 ; Kirby (T. F.), Winchester Scholars (London, &c, 1S88),
13D
(81) Jerome Tichborne is unknown. Possibly to be identified with Chideock
Tichborne {D.N.B. lvi. 374 ; Gillow, v. 544), or with the latter's father, Peter of
Porchester, or his uncle, Nicholas of Hartley Maudit, who died after nine years' im-
prisonment in Winchester gaol in 1589, and was probably father of Ven. Thomas
Tichborne.
(82) Probably Henry Finch. {D.N.B. xix. 12.)
(83) John Cotton, e. s. of Sir John Cotton (above, n. 33), was knighted 23 July
1603. He married (1) Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Caryll ; (2) Elizabeth, d.of Sir Hum-
phrey Bradborne (above, n. 55) ; and (3) Anne, d. of Sir Richard Hoghton, Bart.
{H.S.P. xli. 22 ; Shaw, ii. 115.)
(84) Robert Dymoke. {D.N.B. xvi. 295.)
(85) Henry Drury, of Ickworth, Suffolk, a fugitive beyond sea 1576, was im-
prisoned at Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds in 1578, and was removed thence by
reason of the plague in 1579. He paid ^20 a year as a fine for recusancy. He
died about 1585. His son Henry imprisoned in London 1586-7, and at Banbury or
Broughton 1589-90, died at Antwerp about 1594. (Dasent, x. 313, xi. 47, xviii.
415 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 218, 232 ; C.R.S. ii. 276 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 596, III. i. 609,
ii. 422 ; Cal. Dom. 1591, 533.)
(86) John Petre, was e. s. of Sir William Petre {D.N.B. xlv. 95 ; Gillow, v. 297),
Suff
30
norff
3i
norff
32
Yorksh
33
Yorksh
34
Yorks
35
York
36
lanca
37
York
38
York
39
Sussex
40
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 97
Kitson +(87).
Bastard (88).
deringe (89).
Robert Rocley (90).
martin Anne (91).
Thorns Drax (92).
gamaleon Drax (93).
Wm Thorneborough (94).
Thorns wentworth (95).
francs Wortley (96).
lancolet Gildrich (97).
by Anne, widow of John Tyrrell, of Heron, and d. of Sir William Browne, Lord
Mayor of London. Lady Petre was a recusant in 1588. He was created first Baron
Petre, of Writtle, Essex. (Cokayne ; Strype, A. III. ii. 597.)
(87) Sir Thomas Kitson, of Hengrave, Suffolk, b. 9 Oct. 1539, was knighted
5 August 1578, having twice entertained Queen Elizabeth at Hengrave in that
year. He married (1) Jane, d. of William, Lord Paget, who died in 1558; and (2)
in 1560 Elizabeth, d. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis, of Brome (above, n. 25). He was
suspected of harbouring the priest Hugh Hall in 1583. Lady Kitson was a recusant
1588, and was indicted for recusancy in 1599, but was probably acquitted. Sir
Thomas died 28 Jan. 1601/2. (Gage ; Shaw, ii. 79 ; Cal. Dotn. 1581, 449 ; Strype,
A. III. ii. 597.)
(88) Francis Bastard, of West Winch, Norfolk, and Newington, Middlesex,
patron of the living of Bawsey, Norfolk, in 1 5 5 1 , was committed to Newgate, 10 Jan.
1583/4, and found guilty, 20 Jan., of hearing a Mass and not going to church for a
whole year. He was in prison in or near London, 30 Sept. 1588. He married
Ursula, d. of John Dethick, of Wormegay. (C.R.S. ii. 237, 284 ; Strype, A. III. ii.
600 ; Blomefield, viii. 346 ; H.S.P. xxxii. 20.)
(89) Alexander Dering, of Kent, married Katharine, d. of Richard Hovell, of
Stratford Halley, Norfolk, widow of Francis Fisk, of Bisham, Norfolk, and of
Edward Mordaunt, of Hempsted, Essex. His house was ordered to be searched for
vestments, books, and other "massing tools," 9 June 1576. [H.S.P. xxxii. 161,
xlii. 209 ; Cal. Dotn. 1547, 524.)
(90) Robert Rockley, of Rockley, Yorks, married Jane, d. of Sir William Fairfax,
and died before 1 585. (Foster, G. V. Y. 343.)
(91) Martin Anne, of Frickley, Yorks, married (1) Elizabeth, widow of Robert
Nevill, of Ragnall, Yorks ; and (2) Frances, d. of Ralph Aungier, of Redness, Yorks,
and died before 1585. (Foster, G. V.Y. 360.)
(92) and (93) Thomas and Gamaliel Drax, the 1st and 7th sons, respectively, of
Thomas Drax, of Woodhall, Yorks, were both alive in 1585. Thomas married
Jane, d. of Sir John Davenport, of Broomhill, Cheshire, and died without issue, him
surviving. Gamaliel married Isabel, d. of John Middleton, of Middleton, Westmor-
land, widow of John Middleton of Stockeld. (Hunter, South Yorkshire (London,
1828-31), ii. 10S ; Foster, G.V.Y. 342.)
(94) William Thornborough, e. s. of Sir William Thornborough, of Hampsfiekl,
Cartmel, Lancashire, and Selside, Westmorland, married Etheldreda, d. of Sir
Thomas Carus, of Halton, Justice of the King's Bench, and both were arrested at
Limehouse, near London, with the wife of the Justice, and others, including Mrs.
Thornborough's brother, at the latter's house, preparing to hear Mass, 4 April 1574.
{C.R.S. vi. 251-2 ; Strype, P. ii. 365-6.)
(95) Thomas Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks, ancestor of the
Earls of Strafford, married Margaret, d. and h. of William Gascoigne, of Gawthorpe,
Yorks, was High Sheriff of Yorkshire 1583, and died Feb. 14, 1586/7. (Cokayne,
i. 30; Foster, G.V.Y. 375.)
(96) Francis Wortiey, of Wortley, married (1) Mary, d. of Robert Swyft, of
Rotherham ; (2) Frances, d. of Thomas Burdet, of Burthwaite. (Foster, G.V.Y.
592 ; H.S.P. xvi. 302.)
(97) Lancelot Gildridge, of Beddington, Sussex, married Margaret, d. of Henry
Shelley, of Mapledurham, near Petersfield, Hants. (H.S.P. liii. 193 ; Berry, Sussex,
155.)
XIII. G
Sussex
4i
Sussex
42
war
43
Kent
44
heref
45
heref
46
Devon
47
Worcest:
48
98 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Willm Shelley (98).
Gage ffirle (99).
Ardan waferer (100).
Robt Dorrell (101).
Thorns Croftes (102).
ligens (103).
fights (104).
Raulfe Sheldon (105).
(98) For William Shelley, of Michaelgrove, Clapham, Sussex, see JV. 6° (?.,
10th Series, iii. 441, 492; iv. 55, 114, 492. He entered the Inner Temple in
November 1555. {M.I.T. 23.)
(99) For John Gage, of Firle, Sussex, see N. &* Q. 10th Series, vi. 468, vii.
102, viii. 241, and n. 388 below.
(100) Arden Waferer entered the Inner Temple in Nov. 1554, and in process of
time became a counsellor-at-law and utter barrister. In 1569 he appeared before
the Star Chamber and confessed that though he M useth to come to the Temple
Church and walk about the Roundell there he had never received the communion
since the beginning of the reign. In consequence he was expelled from the Inner
Temple and disbarred in 1570. His house in Chancery Lane, London, was searched
in August 1584 and August 1586. On the first occasion certain books and papers
were found ; on the second, three sprigs of palm with crosses bound on them. He
had among his pupils John Sherwood, afterwards S.J., a younger brother of B.
Thomas Sherwood. From his name, and from the fact that he had a brother named
Francis (who was a Member of the Inner Temple and afterwards a priest), it is prac-
tically certain that he was a son of Francis Waferer, of London, who married Mary,
4th d. of Thomas Arden, of Park Hall, Crudworth, Worcestershire. In that case
he was first cousin to the martyr Edward Arden, one of the Prcetermissi. He married
Edith, e. d. of Sir Thomas Metham, of Metham, Yorks (by his 2nd wife Edith, d.
of Nicholas Palmer, of Naburn), as to whom see the Catholic Encyclopedia, x. 237.
{Cal. Inner T. Rec. I. 1. to liv. ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 198, 282, 345 ; Cal. Dom. 1547,
655 ; H.S.P. xii. 181-2 ; Pollen, 8 ; Foster, G.V.Y. 253.)
(101) Unidentified. Probably a mistake for George Darrell or Dorrell, J. P. of
Cale Hill, who died 2 July 1578. {H.S.P. xlii. 187.)
(102) Thomas Croft, of Ocle Park, 3rd son of Richard Croft, of Croft Castle,
Herefordshire, by Katharine, d. of Sir Richard Herbert, of Montgomery, and brother
Df Sir James Croft, Lord-deputy of Ireland and comptroller of the household to Queen
Elizabeth, was a recusant in 1564 and 1592. He was very probably the father of
the Thomas and Alexander Croft mentioned in Cal. Bom. 1547, 682, and the an-
cestor of the Catholic family of Croft of Llanfair Cilgoed, Monmouthshire. (Weaver,
Heref. 21 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265 ; Camden Misc. ix. 19.)
(103) William Lingen, of Thavies Inn, one of the nine Inns of Chancery, was the
second son of John Lingen, of Sutton and Stoke Edith, Herefordshire. He was
committed to Newgate, 10 January 1583/4, and on the following 20th Jan. was
found guilty of having heard Mass, and not having gone to church for a year. He
seems to have been liberated on paying a fine, but in August 1586 he was re-arrested
by the Constable of Shoreditch, when he was on his way to Cambridge, and was
lodged in the Gatehouse, from which he was released 12 Nov. 1586. However, he
was in prison again in or near London, 30 Sept. 1588. He married Cecily, sister of
Ven. John Ingram. His son Edward, also a recusant, was attainted of treason in
1594, but pardoned 4 May 1604. (C.R.S. ii. 237, 260, 267, 283 ; Cal. Dom. 1581,
345; N. 6° Q. 10th Series, iii. 443; Burke, Landed Gentry under "Burton";
Strype, A. III. ii. Coo.)
(104) John Fitz, of Fitzford, Devon, born about 1529, a member of the Inner
Temple 1551, called to the Bench 1568, M.P. Tavistock 1554, married Mary, d. of
Sir John Sydenham, of Brampton, Somersetshire, and died in 1589. (Vivian,
Devon, 342 ; Cal. Inner T. Rec. i. 171, 175 ; M.I.T. 12.)
(105) Ralph Sheldon, b. 1537, of Beoly, Worcestershire (grandfather of Edward
Sheldon, D.N.B. Hi. 23), was an intimate friend of Fr. Persons, S.J. (See as to this
C.R.S. ii.) Committed to the Marshalsea in August 1580, he was removed on the
norff
Kent
Kent
49
51
York
52
Midle
Sussex
Sussex
53
54
55
Norff
Darbie
56
Darbie
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 99
michell corbet (106).
Anthony Rop (107).
baker (108).
Ihon Vavesour haslewood (109).
Edward harbort of hendley (no).
George Gage (in).
Alexander Culpeper (112).
Willm gawdy Srieant (113).
Eyre of hassop (114).
Tunsted of Tunsted (115).
following 1 November, on account of his health, to the custody of the Dean of West-
minster. He conformed 3 January 1 580/1, but on 31 Dec. 1583 Hugh Hall, the
Marian priest (condemned with Edward Arden), who saved his life by betraying his
benefactors, confessed to having said Mass in his house, and in 1587 and 1594 Ralph
Sheldon was again in trouble, in the latter year owing to the treachery of his
nephew, Richard Williams. He was dropped from the commission of the peace for
Worcestershire, though the Protestant bishop commends his wisdom, about 1587-
The benefit of his recusancy was granted to one David Drummond, 4 May 1610.
He married Anne, d. of Sir Robert Throgmorton, of Coughton, Warwickshire, and
died 30 March 1613. (Dasent, xii. 166, 254, 301, xv. 137; Nash, i. 64, 66;
Cal. Cecil MS S. iv. 618 ; Cal. Dom. 1585, 142, 449; Cal. Dom. 1591, passim ; Cal.
Dom. 1603, 591 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 458.)
(106) Probably Miles Corbet, e. s. of John Corbet, of Sprouston, Norfolk. He
was knighted at Cadiz in 1596, and married ( 1 ) Catherine, d. of Sir Christopher
Heydon (above, n. 32), and (2) Catherine (nJe Sanders), widow of John Spilman of
Narburgh. He died in 1607. (Blomefield, x. 459-60; Shaw, ii. 92; H.S.P.
xxxii. 85.)
(107) Anthony Roper, of Farningham, Kent, 2nd s. of William Roper, of Eltham,
and grandson of B. Thomas More, married Anne, d. of Sir John Cotton (above, n.
33), and died 23 July 1597. (Hasted, Kent, i. 302 ; H.S.P. xlii. 82.)
(108) Sir Richard Baker, son of Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
of Sissinghurst, Kent, entered the Inner Temple in Feb. 1552/3, and was called to
the Bench 1568. He was knighted at Dover, 31 August 1573, after having enter-
tained Queen Elizabeth in that year. He was High Sheriff of Kent 1562, and
1582; M.P. for Horsham 1554/ and Shoreham 1557. He also entertained Fr.
Persons, S.J., in the same year that he entertained Elizabeth. (C.R.S. ii. 23 ; D.N.B.
iii. 14 ; H.S.P. xlii. 64 ; Shaw, ii. 75 ; M.I.T. 14.)
(109) John Vavasour, of Hazlewood, Yorks, married Helen, d. of Sir Nicholas
Fairfax, of Gilling. He was alive 1584. (Foster, G. V. Y. 237.)
(no) Unidentified. Perhaps the Edward Herbert admitted to Gray's Inn in
1563. (Foster, G.I.R. 32.)
(in) George Gage, 3rd surviving son of Sir Edward Gage, K.B., of Firle,
Sussex (brother of John above, n. 99). A magistrate of Sussex, suspected of popery,
1573. (Berry, Sussex, 295 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 22.)
(112) Sir Alexander Culpeper, of Bedgebury, Kilndown, Kent, was knighted
12 August 1573 at Rye, and married Maria, d. of William, Lord Dacre. He was
a recusant, imprisoned at Wisbech, 1588. (Shaw, ii. 75; H.S.P. xlii. 63; Strype,
W. i. 529; Strype, A. III. ii. 597; Cal. Cecil MS S. iv. 264; Cal. Dom. 1581,
460-1.)
(113) Though not mentioned in the pedigree this was a 4th son, half-brother of
the Thomas Gawdy, serjeant-at-law, who died in 1566, and of Sir Thomas Gawdy,
the judge ; and brother of Sir Francis Gawdy. He entered the Inner Temple in
November 1555, and died unmarried. {H.S.P. xxxii. 125-7; D.N.B. xxi. 79 and
81; M.I.T. 24.)
(114) Possibly Stephen Eyre, of Hassop, who married Anne, d. and h. of Thos.
Blackwall of Shirley (Genealogist (N.S.), vii. 129); but more likely Thomas Eyre,
who was a recusant, and married a daughter of John Fitzherbert. (Cox (J. C.),
Three Centuries of Derbyshire Annals (London, 1890), i. 263.)
(115) Robert Tunstead, of Tunstead, Wormhill, Derbyshire, left England in 1583
100 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Darbie Mover ell (116).
(3.) Yorkshire, north contrie, Est Ridinge.
58 Thorns Grimpston of grimpston (117).
59 Mrmaduk grimpston his sonne (118).
60 Robt wright of ploughlande (119).
61 Wm Wright his sonne (120).
62 Wm thorpe of thorpe (121).
63 George brighm of brighm (122).
64 Iohn S* quintine of gansted (123).
65 gabriel S* quintine harpam (124).
66 Brian lace of foulton (125).
67 Wm Constable of Cathorpe (126).
68 Raulfe haselbye of Dalton (127).
69 peter vasasour of spaldington (128).
70 Anthony monkton of cavill (129).
to avoid persecution and went to France. His brother, John, Bailiff of the High
Peak in 1591, had till lately also been a recusant. His brother, Anthony, a refugee
mentioned in the Concertatio, was still abroad in 1594. {Genealogist (N.S.), viii
176; Cox, op. cit. i. 272; C.R.S. iv. 120, 121; Cal. Dom. 1581, 193; Cal. Dom
1591,5440
(116) Probably Francis Meverell, of Thro wly (? Tro way), Derbyshire. {Genea
logist, iii. 181.)
(117) and (118) Thomas Grimston, of Grimston, married Dorothy, d. of Marma
duke Thwaites of Smeaton, and was living in 1584. Their eldest son, Marmaduke
married (1) Frances, d. of George Gill, of Widdiall, Herts, and (2) Elizabeth, d. of
William Hungate. He was knighted 17 April 1603. (Foster, G.V.Y. 184; Shaw
ii. 101.)
(119) and (120) Robert Wright, of Plowland, Holderness, married (1) Anne, d
of Thos. Grimston above, and (2) Ursula, d. of Nicholas Rudston, of Hayton, and
was living in 1584. His eldest son by his first wife, William, entered the Inner
Temple in November 1564, and married Anne, d. of Robert Thornton, of Newton
in Rydale. One William Wright died in prison at York, 23 July 1584. His two
sons by his second wife, John and Christopher, were attainted for the Gunpowder
Plot. (Foster, G. V. Y. 145 ; C.R.S. v. 191 ; M.I.T. 54.)
(121) William Thorpe, of Thorpe, married (1) Anne, d. of Sir Christopher Hild-
yard, and (2) Elizabeth, d. of William Estoft or Ostoft, and (3) Elizabeth, d. of John
Constable, of Fridmarsh. Probably the great-grandfather by his first wife of Ven.
Robert Thorpe. (Foster, G. V. Y. 52-3.)
(122) George Brigham, of Brigham, e. s. of Theobald Brigham, by a daughter of
(Edward) Roos, of Routh, had died unmarried before 1584. (Foster, G. V. Y. 167.)
(123) John St. Quintin, of Ganstead, married Margaret, d. and co-h. of Ralph
Buckton, of Hemswell, near Driffield. (Foster, G.V.Y. 127.)
(124) Gabriel St. Quintin, of Harpham, married Dorothy, d. of Sir George Griffith,
of Wichnor. (Foster, G.V.Y. 162-3.)
(125) Bryan Lacy, of Folkton, married Elizabeth, d. of Gregory or George
Conyers, of Whitby. (Foster, G.V.Y. 161 ; Gillow, iv. 86, 87.) To be distinguished
from the venerable martyr of this name.
(126) William Constable, of Catfoss (living 1585), married (1) Bridget, d. of
Robert Skerne, of Wilton, and (2) Jane Fowbery. (Foster, G.V.Y. 306.)
(127) Ralph Asselby, or Asslaby, of Dalton, married Frances, e. d. of Sir Ralph
Ellerker, of Risby. {H.S.P. xvi. 109.)
(128) Peter Vavasour, of Spaldington, e. s. of John Vavasour, by Katharine, his
1st wife, d. and co-h. of William Ilson, of Gunby, died unmarried. (Foster, G.V. Y.
116.)
(129) The head of the family at this time appears to have been Christopher
Monkton, of Cavell, who married Frances, d. of George Hussey, of Duffield. He
was living in 1584. (Foster, G.V.Y. 134.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IOI
71 Thos Saltmars of Saltmars (130).
72 Tho methm of methm (131).
73 Iho Rynestone of hathon (132).
74 francs methm of wygenthorp (133).
75 leonard chamberlen of thorolly (134).
76 M'maduk cunstable of cliff (135).
77 tho methm of grenehak +(136).
78 Xpofer thwynge of hogett (137).
79 Tho dolman of pokington (138).
80 Robt Sotheby of pokington (139).
81 Wm Sotheby his sonne (140).
82 M'maduk threlkolf of esthorp (141).
83 Wm ellerkar of ellerkar (142).
84 george creswell of kelinge (143).
85 rich longeley of grimbthorp (144).
86 rich darley of buttergraim (145).
87 Antho Hungate of calton (146).
(130) Thomas Saltmarshe, of Saltmarshe, married Margaret, d. of Sir Robert
Constable, of Everingham. (Foster, G.V.Y. 100.)
(131) Thomas Metham, of Metham, heir of Sir Thomas Metham (as to whom
see the Catholic Encyclopedia, x. 237) ; married Katharine, d. of Sir William
Bellasis, and died 1610. He was uncle to Ven. Thomas Metham, SJ. One Thomas
Metham, of Great Milton, Norfolk, was a recusant in 1592. (Cal. Cecil MSS* iv.
269 ; Foster, G. V. Y. 253 ; H.S.P. xvi. 205 ; C.A'.S. v.)
(132) John Rudston, of Hayton (living 1584), married Margaret, d. of John Trol-
lope, of Thornley, in the bishopric of Durham. (Foster, G.V.Y. 127.)
(133) Francis Metham, of Wiggenthorpe, married Dionisia, d. of Sir Thomas
Waterton. (Foster, G. V. Y. 253.)
(134) Leonard Chamberlayne, of Thoraldby, married Katharine, d. of Roger
Chomeley of Brassby. (Foster, G. V. Y. 176.)
(135) Marmaduke Constable, of Cliffe, married Frances, 2nd d. and co-h. of
Sir Ralph Bulmer, and was alive in 1612. (Foster, G.V.Y. 506.)
(136) Probably Thomas Metham, of Barnehill (living 1584), who married Joan,
d. of William Thornton, of East Newton in Rydale. (Foster, G. V. Y. 106.)
(137) Christopher Thweng, of Huggate in the Wold, was living in 1584. (Foster,
G.V.Y. 230.)
(138) Thomas Dolman, of Pocklington (living 1584), married Elizabeth, sister
and heir of the whole blood to Peter Vavasour (above, n. 128). (Foster, G.V.Y. 86.)
(139) Robert Sotheby, of Pocklington and Birdshall (living 1584), married
Grace, d. of John Vavasour, of Weston. (Foster, G.V.Y. 170.)
(140) William Sotheby was not son, but youngest brother of the above. William
Sotheby married a Wentworth of Elmswell. (Foster, G. V. Y. 170.)
(141) Marmaduke Thirkeld, of Haysthorpe (Esthorpe), married a daughter of
Sir William Hinton. (Foster, G.V.Y. 120.)
(142) William Ellerker, of Ellerker (living 1 584), married Elizabeth, d. of Thomas
Wentworth, of Howley. (Foster, G.V.Y. 1 10.)
(143) George Cresswell, of Nunkeeling (living 1584), married (1) Margaret, d.
of John Dorrington, of Escrick, and (2) Anne, d. of William Swinhoe, of Cornhill,
Northumberland. (Foster, G.V.Y. 149.)
(144) Richard Langley, of Owsthorpe (living 1584), married Agnes, d. of Richard
Hansby, of Malton. He died in prison for his faith at York, I Dec. 1586. (Foster,
G.V.Y. 117; C.A'.S. v. 192.)
(145) Richard Darley, of Buttercrambe, J. P. (living 1584), married Isabel, d. of
Thomas Beaumont, of Lascelles Hall. (Foster, G. V. Y. 87.)
(146) Anthony Hungate, 2nd s. of William Hungate, of Hungate, married Isabel,
d. of Richard Hansby, of New Malton. (Foster, G.V.Y. 115.)
88
89
90
Stiff—
91
92
lancashire
93
oxfordsh
94
oxf
oxfo
95
96
oxf
Shropsh
Shrop
Cheshire
97
98
99
100
chesh
IOI
cambr
102
102 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
michell constable of drax (147).
Wm maine of rostonne (148).
hillary cunstable of hatefild holdernes (149).
francs hadenby of hadenby (150).
Robt fare (151).
Allein (152).
Rch owen (153).
Robt chamberlen (154).
Ihon chamberlen (155).
Wm chamberlen (156).
Roland baker (157).
Roland boucle (158).
Randulfe bruerton (159).
wm bruerton (160).
Robt Cotton (161).
(147) Michael Constable, of Drax, West Riding, sixth son of Sir Robert Constable,
of Everingham, married a daughter of Sir William Hilton. (Foster, G. V.Y. 179.)
(148) William Mayne, of Rowlston, had died in 1584 without issue. (Foster,
G.V.Y. 150.)
(149) Hilary Constable, of Hatfield, aged 28 in 3 Eliz., married and had issue,
and died 14 Eliz. (Foster, G. V. Y. 506.)
(150) Francis Haldenby, of Haldenby (living 1585), married Elizabeth, d. of
Sir John Wentworth, of Elmsall. (Foster, G. V. Y. 305.)
(151) Unidentified. There was a Farre family of Beccles. One William Pheare
or Phaer was in the Tower in 1570 and 1 571- (C.R.S. i. 57.)
(152) George Allen, of Rossall, Lancashire, elder brother of William, Cardinal
Allen, was born about 1529, married Elizabeth, d. of William Westby, of Mowbreck
Hall, and died 9 August 1579. (See Allen pedigree in Hamilton.)
(153) Richard Owen, of Godstow, married Mary, d. of Sir Leonard Chamberlain,
of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, Captain of Guernsey, and was imprisoned in the Fleet,
from which he was discharged n Nov. 1582. He was at Wisbech in 1588. He
was also in prison for recusancy in 1592, probably at Wisbech. His son Christopher
died in the English College, Rome. (C.R.S. ii. 120, 132, 151, 299 ; H.S.P. v. 128;
CaL Cecil MSS. iv. 270 ; Gillow, v. 223 ; Strype, IV. i. 529.)
(154) Robert Chamberlain, of Shirburn, e. son of Francis Chamberlain, Captain
of Guernsey, e. son of Sir Leonard last above mentioned, married Alice, d. and co-h.
of Henry Cottenham, and was created a K.B. 25 July 1603. {H.S.P. v. 236-7 ;
Shaw, i. 156.)
(155) J°hn Chamberlain, 3rd son of Sir Leonard above mentioned, married
Elizabeth, sister of Richard Owen (n. 153 above), and widow of Thomas Mathew, of
the city of Hereford. He was knighted in 1603. (Shaw, ii. 1 13, 1 18 ; H.S.P. 236-7.)
(156) William Chamberlain, 4th son of Sir Leonard, above mentioned, married
Margaret, d. and h. of John Stretley, of Whitfield, Northants. {H.S.P. v. 236-7.)
(157) Possibly Roger Baker, 2nd son of John Baker, of Henwood. (H.S.P.
xxviii. 21.)
(158) Roland Bulkeley married Elizabeth, d. of George Barker, of Coulshurst,
Salop, and is mentioned in the Concertatio as having been imprisoned. (H.S.P.
xxviii. 29.)
(159) Randolph Brereton, of Malpas, knighted in May 1577, e. s. of Sir Randolph
Brereton, of Malpas, Chamberlain of the county palatine of Chester, was living in
1580. (H.S.P. xviii. 43 ; Shaw, ii. 78.)
(160) William Brereton, of Brereton, e. s. of Sir William Brereton, was knighted I
May or 30 June 1588, and married Margaret, d. of Sir John Savage. He was a re-
cusant, and was alive in 1 1596. (H.S.P. xviii. 42 ; CaL Cecil MSS. iv. 240 ; Shaw,
ii. 86.)
(161) Robert Cotton, of Connington, Huntingdonshire, knighted 1603, was 2nd
son of Sir John Cotton, of Landwade, Cambridgeshire (above, n. 33). He married
Elizabeth, d. and h. of John Dormer. (H.S.P. xli. 22 ; Shaw, i. 125.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 103
Suff 103 Charles comwallis (162).
Yorkshi north Ridinge.
104 lames stranguis of clinton (163).
105 Raulfe crawthorne of crauthone (164).
106 Ihon Seiar of worsells (165).
107 Ihon Seiar his sonne (166).
108 Tho coniers of Sokeborne (167).
109 Robt coniers his brother (168).
no Xpofer Wyvell of thorp (169).
in M'maduk Wyvell his son & her (170).
112 Ihon Rokebie of Rokebye (171).
113 nicolas girlington of huton (172).
114 Ihon coniers of huton (173).
115 Ihon witham of cliff (174).
116 Wm Thorneton of newton (175).
(4) 117 Roger menell of Kilvinton (176).
(162) Charles Comwallis. (D.N.B. xii. 234.)
(163) Probably James Strangwayes, of Ormesby and Smeaton (living 1584), who
married Margaret, d. of Sir Richard Cholmeley. (Foster, G. V. Y. 203.)
(164) Ralph Crathorne, of Crathorne (living 1612), married (1) Bridget, d. of
Richard Yaxley, of Yaxley, and (2) Jane, only daughter of James Strangwayes above.
(Foster, G. V. Y. 204, 209.)
(165) and (166) John Sayer, of Worsall, J. P. for the North Riding, married Dorothy,
d. and h. of William Aske, of Aske, and their eldest son John, alive in 1612, married
a daughter of Sir George Conyers, of Sockbume. While still very young the son
took part in the rebellion of of 1569, and was one of the prisoners first at Carlisle and
then at Durham ; but was pardoned on payment of ;£500. (Foster, G.V.Y. 572;
Camden Misc. ix. 71 ; Sharp, pp. 123 n., 129.)
(167) Thomas Conyers, 5th son of Sir George Conyers of Sockbume (according
to H.S.P. xvi. 72), or 4th son (according to Foster, G.V. Y. 165).
(168) Roger Conyers, 6th son.
(169) and (170) Christopher Wyvill, of Burton Constable, married Margaret, d. of
the Hon. John Scrope, of Hameldon, Bucks. Their eldest son Marmaduke, b. 1540,
was Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen, M.P. for Richmond, Yorks, 1584-5 and 1597-8,
knighted June 1608, and created a baronet 25 Nov. 161 1. He married Magdalen,
d. of Sir Christopher Danby, of Thorpe Place, and died 9 June 1617/18. (Cokayne,
B. i. 103.)
(171) John Rokeby, e. s. of Christopher Rokeby, of Mortham, married Anne
Thweng, of Heslarton. He was brought to London in Dec. 1581, for having, it was
said, harboured B. Edmund Campion, and was in the Fleet 7 April 1584 for his
religion. (Foster, G.V.Y. 128 ; Dasent, xiii. 267 ; C.R.S. ii. 234.)
(172) Probably Nicholas Girlington (e. s. of Nicholas Girlington, of Hackforth,
living 1585), who married Dorothy, d. of Robert Meynell, serjeant-at-law. (Foster,
G. V. Y. 284.)
(173) John Conyers, of Hoton-on-Wiske,married Margaret, d. of Sir William Mal-
lory, and had a son named Mallory, who is probably to be identified with the Samuel
Conyers ordained priest at Chalons-sur-Mame, 31 March 1581-2, arrested with Ven.
John Nutter, committed to the Marshalsea 1 Feb. 1582/3, indicted with Ven. John
Munden and Ven. John Nutter, and the apostate William Tedder, 5 Feb. 1583/4,
and banished 21 Jan. 1584-5, who died at the English College, Rheims, 2 Oct.
1587. Another son, Christopher, married Mary, a sister of Cardinal Allen. (Knox ;
C.R.S. v. 38, 51-53, 103 ; Foster, G.V.Y. 157 ; Hamilton, Allen Pedigree at end.)
(174) John Witham, of Cliffe (living 1585), married Elinor, d. of James Fox, of
Thorpe under Willows. (Foster, G. V. Y. 260.)
(175) William Thornton, of East Newton (living 1585), married Elinor, d. of
Thomas Grimston (see n. 59 above). (Foster, G. V. Y. 296.)
(176) Roger Meynell, of North Kilvington (living 1585), married Margery, d. of
Anthony Catherick, of Stanwick. (Foster, G. V. Y. 250.)
104 Two LISTS 0F INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
118 Rich menell of Kilvinton (177).
119 Roger menell of hawneby (178).
120 Wm pudsey of burforde (179).
121 francs wicliff of wicliff ( 1 80).
122 Tho thwynge of heworth (181).
123 Ihon thorneton of burdforth (182).
124 Roger chomley of bransby (183).
125 Rich chomley of Scutesby (184).
126 edward barton of newby (185).
127 francs chomley of wilton (186).
128 Roger Rasinge of malton (187).
129 Xpofer wansforth of hipswell (188).
130 Roger gore of Richmonde (189).
131 Thoms wray of Richmonde (190).
132 Roger tocots of (I9I)«
133 lames tocots of whaldrak (192).
(177) Probably Robert Meynell, of Stanke (half-brother of the above, living 1585),
who married Margaret, d. and h. of Christopher Nodding, of Stanke. (Foster, loc. cit.)
(178) Probably the Roger Meynell, cousin of the above, who married Jane, d. of
Sir Christopher Danby, of Farmley. (Foster, loc. cit.)
(179) Probably William Pudsey, of Bolton, who married Elizabeth, d. of John
Roxby. (Foster, G. V. Y. 564.)
(180) Francis Wycliffe, of Wycliffe, married Jane, sister of John Rokeby (see n.
171 above). (Foster, G.V.Y. 377.)
(181) Thomas Thweng, of Heworth, married Jane Kellet, of York, and was the
father of Ven. Edward Thweng. (Foster, G. V. Y 210.)
(182) John Thornton, of Birdforth (living 1585), married Anne, d. of Christopher
Thomlinson. (Foster, G.V.Y. 210.)
(183) Roger Cholmeley, of Bransby, 2nd son of Sir Richard Cholmeley (n. 47
above), married Jane, e. d. and co-h. of Thomas de la River, of Bransby, and died
before 1584. (Foster, G.V.Y. 221.)
(184) Richard Cholmeley, of Skewsby, 3rd son, brother of the above, married
Thomasine, 2nd d. and co-h. of Thomas de la River, and widow of Ninian Tankard.
(Foster, loc. cit.)
(X85) Edward Barton, of Whenby, e. s. of Thomas Barton, married Elizabeth, d.
of Francis Norton, of Norton Conyers, and died 1610. Foster, G.V.Y. 5.) •
(186) Francis Cholmeley, of Roxby, elder brother of Roger and Richard (nn.
183, 184 above), married Joan, d. and co-h. of Ralph Bulmer, of Wilton, and died
about Pentecost 1586. (Foster, G.V. V. 221.)
(187) Probably Ralph Rasing, of Malton, who married Elizabeth Harwood, and
died before 1 584. ( Foster, G.V.Y. 181.)
(188) Christopher Wandesford, of Hipswell, married (1) Cicely, d. and co-h. of
John Fulthorpe, of Hipswell (probably a relative of Ven. Edward Fulthorpe), and
(2) Anne, d. of William Thwaites, of Marston, and widow of Francis Lascelles, of
Brackenbury. (Foster, G. V. Y. 269 and 61.)
(189) Probably Roger Gore, of Melsonby, who married (1) Anne, d. and h. of
Christopher Place, of Halnaby, and (2) Mary, d. of Francis Norton, e. s. of Sir
Richard Norton, attainted for the rising of 1569. (Foster, G. V. Y. 267.)
(190) Thomas Wray, of Richmond, son of Nicholas Wray, married (1) Agnes, d.
of Robert Foster, of Smawes, and (2) Frances, d. of Francis Tunstall, of Scargill.
(Foster, G.V.Y. 316, 583.)
(191) Roger Tocketts, ofTocketts in Cleveland, admitted to Lincoln's Inn 13
April 1542, married Margaret, d. of Robert Meynell, serjeant-at-law. He died for
his faith in a Yorkshire prison, 11 Oct. 1586. (Foster, G.V.Y. 195 ; Rec. Line. Inn
Adm. i. 52 ; C.R.S. v. 192, 193.) One of this name is mentioned in a list of 1592 as
in prison at Hull. {Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 273.)
(192) Wheldrake is in the East Riding. James Tocketts is unidentified.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS I05
134 Ihon Rokeby of mask (193).
135 Thorns fox of mask (194).
136 Xpofer lockwood of Sowerby (195).
137 Thorns lassels of brokenburgh (196).
138 wm lacy of beverlaye (197).
139 george palmer of esyngton (198).
140 Raulfe Salvin (199).
141 Roger Radcliffe of mowbray (200).
142 thorns thwynge of heworth +(201).
143 Anthony thwynge of hemilsay +(202).
144 Xpofer thwynge of hugate +(203).
145 Robt dalbye of he (204).
146 Seath holmes of huntington (205).
147 Wm thorseby of lad (206). *
148 francs scrope of Danby yor (207).
lincoln 149 hector wentworth (208).
York 150 Roger crake of patington (209).
(193) Probably Robert Rokeby, of Marske (living 1584), who married Muriel, d.
of Gerard Salvin, of Croxdale, Durham. (Foster, G. V.Y. 199.)
(194) Probably Thomas Fox, of Marderby Grange, who married Clare Pinkeney.
(Foster, C.KK518.)
(195) Christopher Lockwood, of Sowerby, married Clare, d. of Christopher Las-
celles of Brackenborough. Their eldest son was the Ven. John Lockwood, and their
second son Francis was also a priest. He himself was at one time secretary to the
Earl of Westmorland and was indicted ; but his name does not appear in the list of
attainders. (Foster, G.V.Y. 549; Gillow, iv. 308 ; Sharp, 81.)
(196) Thomas Lascelles, of Brackenborough, was knighted in January 1 599/1600,
married Joan, d. of Sir William Mallory, of Studley, and died in May 1619. (Foster,
G.V.Y. 61.)
(197) William Lacy, of Sherburn, 2nd s. of Thomas Lacy, of Beverley, married
Elizabeth Newby, and was in prison at Hull in 1592 as a recusant. (Foster. G. V. Y.
539 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 273.)
(198) George Palmes, of Essington in Holderness, married Anne, d. of
Lacy, of Folkton. (Foster, G.V.Y. 90.)
(199) Ralph Salvin, of Newbiggin, married Dorothy, d. of Roger Tocketts (n. 191
above). (Foster, G.V.Y. 195.)
(200) Roger Radcliffe, of Mulgrave (living 1584), married Mary, d. of John
Ryther, of Ryther, and is said to have entertained priests, 1 593. (Foster, G. V. Y. 206 ;
C.R.S. v. 221.) (201) See n. 181 above.
(202) Probably John Thweng, of Over Helmsley (elder brother of Thomas, n.
181 above), who married Maude, d. of Thomas Grimston (n. 117 above). (Foster,
G.V.Y. 230.)
(203) See n. 137 above.
(204) Unidentified. The venerable martyr Robert Dalby, a native of the bishopric
of Durham, was a minister before his conversion, and may have lived in Yorkshire.
(Pollen, 330 ; Challoner, Missionary Priests.)
(205) Seth Holme, of Huntington, (living 1584), married Helen, d. of John
Seyer (n. 165 above). (Foster, G.V.Y. 224.)
(206) William Thoresby, of Thoresby, married Anne, d. of Henry Scrope, of
Spennithorne.
(207) Francis Scrope, of Danby, e. s. of Henry Scrope, of Spennithorne, and
Margaret, d. and h. of Simon Conyers, of Danby upon Yore, married Dorothy, d. of
Anthony Caterick, of Stanwick. (Burke, Landed Gentry.)
(20S) Hector Wentworth, of Clee, died 26 Dec. 158-, leaving a daughter.
{H.S.P. Hi. 1063.)
(209) Probably Ralph Creyke, of Cottingham, and Marton, who married (1)
Katharine, d. of Thomas Crathorne, of Crathorne, and (2) Anne, d. of George Pate,
lo6 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
151 wmIngleby j , ., (210).
152 David Ingleby \ 0t npley (211).
153 Robt plumbton of plumpton (212).
154 wm Ardington of Ardington (213).
x55 Wm hakesworth of hakesworth (214).
'156 Ihon trollop +(215).
157 Wm Smith +(216).
bysho J 158 Raulfe coniers +(217).
ofdurhm 1 159 claxton of wineyarde +(218).
160 claxton of thold pk +(219).
161 Raulfe coniers of cotam (220).
of Flamborough. On 24 October 1593, the spy Anthony Atkinson reports "There
is one Mr. Craik in Yorkshire, a great harbourer of Preists." In 1592 one Ralph
Crag of St. Clements in Westminster was a recusant. (Foster, G. V. Y. 163 ; C.R.S.
v. 222 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 267.)
(210) Sir William Ingilby, at Brasenose Coll., Oxford, 1562, sup. B.A. 1564,
knighted 17 April 1603, e. s. of Sir William Ingilby (note 35 above), married (1)
Anne, d. of Thomas Thwaites, and (2) Katharine, d. and h. of Anthony Smyth or
Smethley, of Brantingham, and d. 5 Jan. 1617. (Shaw, ii. 100 ; Foster, G.V.Y. 283 ;
Brasenose Coll. Reg. 32.)
(211) David Ingilby, the 2nd son, brother of the above, also at B.N.C. in 1562,
married Lady Anne Neville, 2nd d. of Charles, 6th Earl of Westmorland. Great efforts
were made for his apprehension from 1594 to 1600, but apparently in vain. {C.R.S. v.
221,222; Cal.Dom. 1591, 544; 1595, 183; 1597, 188, 378, 576; Cal. Border Papers,
i. 237, 239, 248, 250, 519, ii. 344; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 258, 478; Brasenose Coll. Reg. 31.)
(212) William Plumpton, of Plumpton, e. s. of Robert Plumpton, who died before
1547, and Anne, d. of John Norton, of Norton Conyers, married (1) Mary, d. of Sir
William Vavasour, and (2) , d. of Griffin, of Dingley, Northants. (Foster, G. V. Y.
386.)
(213) (Sir) William Ardington married Katharine, sister to William and David
Ingilby (nn. 210, 211 above). (Foster, G.V.Y. 273.)
(214) William Hawkesworth, of Hawkesworth, (living 1585), married Rosamund,
d. of Thomas Lister, of Westby. William Hawkesworth, of Milton, was a recusant in
1592. (Foster, G. V. Y. 299 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 273.)
(215) John Trollope, of Thornley, e. s. of Thomas Trollope by his first
wife Margaret, d. of Roger Lumley, of Ludworth, married Maud, sister of the
confessor Sir Thomas Metham (see n. 131 above.) He was attainted for com-
plicity in the rebellion of 1569 and fled abroad. His expulsion from Spanish terri-
tory was demanded by Queen Elizabeth, 3 July 1575. He was eventually pardoned,
and returned. He died 14 Feb. 161 1. (Foster, G.V.Y. 253 ; D.V.P. 307; Cal.
For. 1569, 269 ; Surtees, i. 92 ; Proost, 284-5 '■> C.R.S. v. 193.)
(216) William Smythe, of Eshe, Walworth, Nunstainton, and Woodham, all in
co. Durham, e. s. of George Smythe, was a Catholic who took part in the rebellion of
1569, and was attainted, but pardoned. He married Margaret, 2nd d. and co-h. of
Anthony Eshe, of Eshe and Barmton, and was great-grandfather of Sir Edward
Smythe, 1st Bart. (Surtees, ii. 336, 338 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 100, 266, 267, 424.)
(217) Ralph Conyers, of Layton, e. s. of Cuthbert Conyers, was attainted in 1569,
but pardoned, and died 12 Jan. 1605. (Surtees, iii. ^7.)
(218) William Claxton, of Wynyard, e. s. of Ralph Claxton, was a skilful herald
and antiquary. He married Margery, d. of Robert Lambert, of Owlton, and died in
1597. (Surtess, iii. 79-)
(219) Robert Claxton, of Old Park, e. son of Robert Claxton, was attainted in
the rebellion of 1569 but pardoned. He married Alice, sister and co-h. of Marma-
duke Lambton, and his will is dated 10 Oct. 1587. (Surtees, iii. 299 ; Cal. Dan,
Add. 1566, 262, 266, 271, 280.)
(220) Ralph Conyers, of Gotham Conyers, e. s. of Robert Conyers, was appar-
ently a Protestant, but took part in the Northern Rebellion, and was attainted, but
pardoned. He married, 3 June 1572, Janet Thorpe, a widow, and died Jan. 1 580/1.
(Surtees, iii. 219 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 177, 263, 266, 271, 280, 308.)
'162
163
bysho
164
of durhm
^5
167
,168
Kent
169
170
norff
171
norff
172
Kent
173
174
norff
175
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS I07
Anthony preston +(221).
Gearrarde Salvine +(222).
francs bolmer (223).
wm hudshon (224).
black coniers (225).
Claxton (226).
Anthonye woldon of great pechrn (227).
Ihon powell (228).
thwaytes of hardinghm (229).
francs downes tudnhm (230).
herosme brett of leeds (231).
Ihon smith called lusty Smith (232).
water winserbie (233).
(221) Anthony Preston, of East Morton, 3rd son of Reynold Preston, of Biggins
Hall, married Dorothy, d. of William Witham, of Brettonby, and was a recusant in
1592. (Foster, D. V.P. 263 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265.)
(222) Gerard Salvin, e. s. of Gerard Salvin, of Croxdale, was imprisoned with his
father at Durham on the failure of the rebellion of 1569. His father died in Feb.
1 570/1. He married Joan, d. of Richard Norton, of Norton Conyers, and died 9 Nov.
1587. (Surtees, IV. ii. 119 ; Sharp, op. cit. 128.)
(223) Francis Bulmer, of Elmden, Yorks, and Tursdale, co. Durham, son of Sir
William Bulmer, was admitted to Lincoln's Inn n Feb. 1551/2. He married Cathe-
rine, d. of Richard Norton, of Norton Conyers. (Foster, D.V.P. 55 ; Pec. Line.
Adm. i. 60.)
(224) William Hodgson, of the Manor House, Lanchester, 4th son of James
Hodgson, of Newcastle, married Jane, daughter of Sir Christopher Hildyard, and died
in 1600. In 1598 the Bishop of Durham mentions him as "an old servant and
follower of the earl " of Westmorland, and "a perilous fellow, conformable to all her
majesty's proceedings, and farmour to her highness of the whole deanery of Lan-
chester dissolved, worth, it is said, some 200 ma. or better, above the yearly rent."
His son John was u a special recusant," who was, but it seems erroneously, reported
to have married Katharine, widow of Sir Thomas Gray, and daughter of the Earl of
Westmorland ; and in 1592 great efforts had been made to take him. (Surtees, ii.
319 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 258 ; Strype, A. iv. 481.)
(225) Probably Richard Conyers, e. s. of Christopher Conyers, of Horden, who
was in prison at Durham in 1569, and married Elizabeth, d. and co-h. of Roger
Lumley, of Lud worth, and was living 31 Eliz. (Surtees, I. ii. 28 ; Sharp, 128.)
(226) Probably Christopher Claxton, 2nd son of William (n. 218 above). He was
in prison at Durham in 1569, and died in the lifetime of his father. (Surtees, iii. 79 ;
Sharp, 129.)
(227) Probably Anthony Weldon, J. P., of Swanscombe, Kent, Clerk of the Green
Cloth to Queen Elizabeth, who died 16 Eliz. (Hasted, i. 261 ; Camden Misc.
Ix. 58.)
(228) John Powell remains unknown, unless he was one of the family of Polhill
alias Polley, for whom see H.S.P. xlii. 87-88.
(229) Thomas Thwaytes, of Hardingham, Norfolk, married Bridget, d. of Robert
Spring, of Lenham, Suffolk, and died 31 Eliz. His e. son Anthony was a recusant
in 1592. (H.S.P. xxxii. 284 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268 ; Blomefield, i. 226.)
(230) Probably Francis Downes, of Wramplingham, Norfolk, admitted to Lin-
coln's Inn 19 Feb. 1552/3, who married Elizabeth, d. of William Dyve, of Bromham,
Beds., and died before 1591. (U.S. P. xxxii. no; Pec. Line. Inn Adm. i. 60;
Blomefield, ii. 486.)
(231) Jerome Brett, of Leeds, Kent, afterwards of London, died before 34 Eliz.
(Strype A. II. ii. 617 ; Hasted, ii. 484.)
(232) John Smith is possibly the person of this name who about 1588 was serving
Dr. Worthington at Brussels. He is described in the Concertatio as " nobilis exul."
(Cal.Dom. 1581, 570.)
(233) Unidentifiable.
lo8 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
norff 176
hubberde by bougey (234).
(5)
Catholiks in walles (c)
north walles.
carnavanshire 1
wm Griffith (235).
2
griffith madrin. 1 mile fro sea (236).
3
thorns owen J (237).
4
Ihon wyne ap hugh | (238).
5
Iohn griffith of lhyne J (239).
6
moris wyne
(240).
7
doctor wynne
-hrnrh.f>r<> \ ^ /"
uromtrs 1 1
8
griffith wynne
9
Robt wynne
(243)-
10
william williams (244).
n
Thorns Williams \ 0 by the sea (245).
12
13
edward Williams
Ihon Williams
-brothers <24^
(247)-
14
henry williams
(248).
*$
Wm Glynne (249).
(234) Probably James Hubbard, of Hales, who was committed for papistry in
1578, but on conforming was dismissed with favour. He married Frances, d. of Sir
William Drury, of Halsted. (Dasent, x. 312 ; H.S.P. xxxii. 165.)
[(c) The main authority for all the following Welsh names is Nicholas.]
(235) William Griffith, LL.D., of Carnarvon, Sheriff in 1563, M.P. for the
borough of Carnarvon 1 586.
(236) Griffith Madryn, of Madryn.
(237) Thomas Owen, of Plasden, Sheriff in 1569.
(238) John Wynn ap Hugh, of Bodvel, Sheriff 1551 and 1560, M.P. for the
county of Carnarvon 1553. He married Elizabeth, d. of Sir John Puleston. He
was standard-bearer to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, in Kelt's rebellion.
(239) John Griffith, of Llyn, father of Griffith Griffith, who was Sheriff in 1590.
(240) Maurice Wynn, of Gwydir, Sheriff 1555, 1570, 1578, M.P. for Carnarvon-
shire 1553, 1554, 1558, 1563 ; was e. s. of John Wynn ap Meredith, Sheriff 1545 and
1557- He married Jane, d. of Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Beaumorris, Anglesey, by
whom he was the father of the first baronet, the famous antiquary.
(241) Unidentified further.
(242) Griffith ap John Wynn, of Llanpedroke in Llyn, was a recusant in 1 592.
(Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 273.)
(243) Robert Wynn, of Conway, 3rd son of John Wynn ap Meredith, married
Dorothy, widow of William Williams, next below.
(244) William Williams, of Cochwillan, M.P. for Carnarvonshire 1571, was eldest
son of William Williams, of Cochwillan. He married Dorothy, 4th d. of Sir William
Griffith, of Penhryn, Chamberlain of North Wales. He is to be distinguished from
William Williams of the Inner Temple, a London recusant imprisoned, who was of
Newport, Monmouthshire. (M.I.T. 55.)
(245) Thomas Williams (3rd son), Sheriff of Anglesey 1556, married Jane, d. of
William Stanley, of Hooton, Cheshire, and was the father of the first baronet of
Vaenol. (Burke's Peerage, &c, under Bulkeley.)
(246) Edward Williams (4th son), of Maes-y-Castell, Sheriff 1571, married
Grace, d. of John Owen, of Garthymedd, Abergele, and was alive in 1601.
(247) John Williams (5th son), of " Lansanfrine in Rose," i.e. Llansaintffraid-
Glan-Conway, was a recusant in 1592. (Cat. Cecil MSS. iv. 273.)
(248) Henry Williams (6th son).
(249) William Glyn, of Glynllifon, Sheriff 1562, 2nd son of Edmund Lloyd,
married (1) Angharad, d. of Ellis ap Moms, of Clenenneu, and (2) Katharine, d. of
Thomas Mostyn.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 109
16 rich griffith (250).
17 rich vaghan (251).
18 Rollande preston (252).
19 Ris thorns (253).
20 Ihon conwaye (254).
Anglesey in north walls.
2 1 Rich bouckley 1(255).
22 Thorns boucle H256) all the boucles are catho.
23 Ihon bouckle J (257).
24 Willm lewes (258).
25 lewes owen (259).
26 hugh owen of bodon (260).
27 Rich ap rither (261).
28 Wm griffith (262).
Denbighshire north wales.
29 Ihon Salisburie of Ryg (263).
30 david lhoid conway (264).
31 Ihon wyne ap willm (265).
32 edwarde almere (266).
33 Ivan lhoid of yale (267).
34 Symon thelwale (268).
35 Ihon edwardes of the waine (269).
(250) Richard Griffith is probably the person of this name, brother to Dr. Griffith
of the Arches, who in January 1589-90 was at St. Omer in the service of Mr. George
Chamberlain. {Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 8.) See n. 405 below.
(251) Richard Vaughan, of Llwyndyrus, Sheriff 1579.
(252) Rowland Puleston, of Carnarvon, Sheriff 1575 and 1593.
(253) Rees Thomas, of Carnarvon, Sheriff in 1574.
(254) Probably John Conway, of Bodryhddan, Flintshire, M.P. for Flintshire
1557, who married Janet, d. of Thomas Salusbury, of Llewenny, Denbighshire.
(255) Richard Bulkeley, b. 1533 (e. s. of Sir Richard Bulkeley, of Beaumaris and
Cheadle), Constable of Beaumaris Castle 1561, first Mayor of Beaumaris 1562,
Sheriff 1570, M.P. 1570, 1603-4; knighted 17 February 1576/7; married (1)
Katharine, d. of Sir William Davenport, of Bramhall, Cheshire ; (2) 18 February
1576/7, Mary, e. d. of Sir William Burgh, Lord Burgh of Gainsborough. He died
28 June 1 62 1. {D.N.B. vii. 231 ; Shaw, ii. 78.)
(256) Thomas Bulkeley, of Plasgronw and Beaumaris (brother of the above, 3rd
son), was living in 1607, and left issue.
(257) Unidentified.
(258) Wiiliam Lewis, of Presadfedd, Sheriff 1549, 1558, 1572, M.P. for Anglesey,
1555-
(259) Lewis Owen ap Meurick, of Frondeg, Sheriff 1571, M.P. for Anglesey 1555.
(260) Probably Owen ap Hugh, of Bodeon, now Bedowen, Sheriff 1563 and 1580.
(261) Possibly Richard ap Rhydderch, of Myfyrion, M.P. for Newborough 1542.
(262) Unidentified.
(263) John Salusbury, of Rhug, Merionethshire, High Sheriff of that "county
1559 an^ 1578, son of Robert Salusbury, married a daughter of Sir John Salusbury,
Knt., of Llewenny.
(264) David Lloyd, of Conway, Carnarvonshire, M.P. for Carnarvonshire 1554.
(265) John Wynn ap William, of Meley, High Sheriff of Denbighshire 1577.
(266) Edward Aimer, of Pant Yokin, High Sheriff 1558 and 1571.
(267) Evan Lloyd, of Tale, High Sheriff 1568, M.P. for the county 1585.
(268) Simon Thelwall, of Plas-y-Ward, M.P. for the borough 1547, 1553 (twice),
for the county 1563, for the borough again 157 1, Sheriff 1572.
(269) Probably John Edwards, M.P. for the county 1588, then in temporary
occupation of Chirk Castle.
110 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
36 Ihon trevor (270).
flintshire.
37 Wm Mostone (271).
38 piers monstone & all his brethren (272).
39 Ithel (273).
Merionethshire.
40 ellis ap wm lhoid (274).
41 Ihon owen & all his brethren (275).
42 griffith (276).
43 morgan thorns (277).
44 Ihon lewes (278).
45 Ihon ap Kadwallader (279).
Montgomery shire.
46 edwarde harbert (280).
47 Ihon price (281).
48 tho (282).
(270) Possibly John Trevor, of Trevalyn, Montgomeryshire, High Sheriff of that
county 1573. He married a daughter of Sir John Bruges, of London, and dying
1589, was buried in St. Bride's, Fleet Street.
(271) William Mostyn, of Mostyn, M.P. for the county 1554 and 1572, married
Margaret, d. of Robert Powell, of Park. (Burke's Peerage.)
(272) Pyers Mostyn, of Talacre, married Lowry, d. of John Conwy, of Bod-
rhyddan, and d. s.p. He was probably M.P. for the borough of Flint, 1577. His
brother William, who succeeded him, married about 1540, Anne, d. and h. of Henry
ap Harry, of Basingwarke, or Greenfield.
(273) Possibly Ralph Ithell, brother of- Thomas Ithell, LL.D., Master of Jesus
College, Cambridge, who was committed to Dr. Ithell's custody 7 July 1577. From
4 August to 3 December 1578 he was in the Marshalsea. From 1584 to 1588 he was
a priest in the Tower, charged with complicity in the Babington plot. In Oct. 1588
he was removed to the Counter in Wood Street, and thence to Wisbech, where he
still was in 1595. He afterwards conformed, and was R. of Aldham, Essex, 1599-
1600, but resigned. (Cooper (C. H. and T.), Athence Cantabrigenses (Cambridge,
1858-61), i. 406 ; Strype, A. iv. 275 ; C.R.S. i. ii. iii.)
(274) Ellis ap William Lloyd, of Rhiwaelog, High Sheriff 1575.
(275) John Lewis Owen, of Dolgelly, afterwards of Llwyn, Sheriff 1566, 1573,
and 1590, M.P. 1572 ; son of Lewis Owen, Vice-Chamberlain of North Wales,
and Baron of the Exchequer of Carnarvon, murdered in 1555. His brother Hugh,
of Caerverllan, was M.P. for Merionethshire 1 57 1 . His other brothers were Edward,
of Hengwrt ; Griffith, of Peniarth ; Robert, of Bronclydwr ; Simon and Ellis. {D.N.B.
xlii. 430.)
(276) Possibly Griffith Glynne, of Pwllheli, Sheriff of Carnarvonshire 1564,
Sheriff of Merionethshire 1563 and 1567.
(277) Unidentified.
(278) John Lewis is probably to be identified with n. 275 above.
(279) John Wynn ap Cadwalader, of Rhiwlas, High Sheriff 1577 and 1586.
(280) Edward Herbert, of Blackhall, or Lymore, 4th son of Sir Richard
Herbert, of Montgomery (but his eldest son by his wife Anne), and grandfather of
Lord Herbert, of Cherbury, was High Sheriff 1557 and 1568 ; M.P. for the county
1553 and 1556-7. Keeper of Holt Castle, and of the manors of Holt, Bromefield,
and Yale, 15 May 1570 ; esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth, knighted 23
August 1574, and buried in Montgomery church 20 May 1593. {D.N.B. xxvi. 173 ;
Cal.Dom. 1547, 376.)
(281) Probably John Price, of Eglwysegle, Llanfyllin, Sheriff 1562, or else John
Price, of Newton, M.P. for the borough of Montgomery 1558, 1562-3, and for the
county 1572.
(282) Possibly Thomas Tanet of Aber-tanet, Sheriff 1570.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS III
Shropshire.
49 Ihon mitton (283).
50 gategarie (284).
51 hurde(285).
52 edwarde Kinaston (286).
53 tho furmer (287).
(6.) South wales.
54 Griffith Rice (288).
55 wm philips of puton (289).
56 wm Morgan (290).
57 gadarne(29i).
58 Came (292).
59 gamaige (293).
60 games (294).
61 Vaghan (295).
62 rich Iones (296).
63 thorns Tones (297).
64 Antho Mansfeld (298).
(283) Possibly John Mitton, of Pontascourth, Montgomeryshire, e. son of Richard
Mitton, six times Bailiff of Shrewsbury. (H.S.P. xxix. 362.)
(284) Francis Gatacre, of Gatacre, married Eliza, d. and co-h. of Humphrey
Swinnerton, of Swinnerton, Staffs, and was a recusant in 1592. {H.S.P. xxviii. 198 ;
Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 272.)
(285) Probably the Catholic William Hoord, of Wolvesey, Winchester, mentioned
Cal. Dom. 1547, 688, committed to the Wood St. Counter 27 July 1586, who was
probably the 2nd son of John Hoorde, of Park Bromage, who married Elizabeth
Harnage. (H.S.P. xxviii. 253 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 270 ; C.R.S. ii. 262, 269.)
(286) Probably Edward Kynaston, of Hordley, who was twice married, and died in
1594. [H.S.P. xxix. 295.)
(287) Thomas Fermor, or Farmer, of Hay Park, Sheriff 1559, married Frances,
d. and h. of Thomas Horde. (H.S.P. xxviii. 183.)
(288) Possibly Griffith Rhys, of Newton, Carmarthenshire, Sheriff of Carmarthen-
shire 1567, son of Rhys Griffith, by Katharine, d. of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk.
(289) William Philips, of Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Sheriff of Carmarthen-
shire 1554, Sheriff of Pembrokeshire 1562 ; married Jane, d. of Thomas Perrot, of
Haroldstone.
(290) One William Morgan was M.P. for Glamorganshire 1558-9. One William
Morgan, of Kingston, Herefordshire, was a recusant in 1592. (Cal. Cecil MSS.
iv. 265.)
(291) Thomas Cadarn, of Prendergast Place, Pembrokeshire, High Sheriff 1565.
(292) Thomas Came, of Ewenny, Sheriff of Glamorganshire 1572 and 1581, M.P.
1586 and 1588 ; married a daughter of Sir John Wyndham, of Orchard Wyndham,
Somerset.
(293) John Gamage, of Coity, Glamorganshire, married Gwenllian, d. and h. of
Sir Thomas ap Jenkin Powell, of Glyn-Ogwr.
(294) John Games, of Newton, Breconshire, Sheriff 1574, 1587, 1596, and 1600,
though "evil affected in religion," was knighted 23 July 1603. He married as his
2nd wife Elizabeth, d. of Meredith Games. (Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 279 ; Dasent,
xxii. 184.)
(295) Reynold Vaughan, of Whitechurch, Herefordshire, was a recusant in 1592.
{Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265.)
(296) Richard Johnes, of Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, (2nd son) brother of Sir
Henry Johnes above (n. 51).
(297) Thomas Johnes, of Abermarlais, e. s. of the above-mentioned Sir Henry, was
High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1589 and 1603. He married Jane, d. and h. of
Rowland Puleston, of Carnarvonshire.
(298) Unidentified.
112 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
65 henry mansfeld (299).
66 Vghan (300).
67 Mathewe (301).
68 Willm harbert of Swansea (302).
69 Hgo harbart of Troy (303).
70 harbart of Colbroke (304).
71 Charles (305).
72 Edward Lewis (306).
73 wiriot (307).
heref 74 Ihon Skedmore [crossed out].
herford sheere.
Sr lames Crofte [crossed out].
Sr lames baskernile [crossed out].
Sr Thomas baskernile [crossed out].
Sr Richard walwyn [crossed out].
74 Iohn Hibbotts (308).
75 Iohn Scudamor of homlacy (309).
76 Iohn Scudamore of Kenchurch (310).
77 William Shelley (3 1 1 ).
78 Roger bodenham (312).
(299) Possibly Henry Mansfield, a recusant of Bucks in 1587 (? admitted a
member of Gray's Inn 1537. See Foster G.I.R. 13). (Strype, III. i. 705.)
(300) Probably James Vaughan, of Llangattock, who married Sibylla, d. and h. of
John Gwilym, of Killwch Vach, Lord of Bicknor in 1575. (Burke's Landed Gentry.)
(301) Probably William Mathews, of Radir, Glamorganshire. Sheriff 1568 and
1580, who died in 1587. (Dasent, xv. 88, 232 ; Cal. Dom. 1581 passim.)
(302) William Herbert, e. s. of Matthew Herbert, of Swansea, was knighted in
1576, and was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire 1578, 1582, 1592, and 1606.
(303) Hugo Herbert was probably an illegitimate son of Sir Charles Herbert, of
Troy, Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster, but his name is not in the pedigree on
p. 38 of Bradney.
(304) Matthew Herbert, of Coldbrook, M.P. for Monmouth 1557-8, and for
Monmouthshire 1562-71, Sheriff 1584 and 1595 ; married Anne, d. of Matthew
Herbert, of Swansea (see n. 244 above). (Bradney, 189.)
(305) Possibly John Charles, admitted to the Inner Temple from Tavistock, Nov.
1 561. {M./.T.43.)
(306) Edward Lewis, of Vann, High Sheriff of Glamorganshire 1549, 1556, and
1560 ; married Anne, d. of Sir William Morgan, knt., of Peneved.
(307) George Wyrriott, of Orielton, Sheriff of Pembrokeshire 1577 ; married Jane,
d. of John Philip.
(308) John Hibbotts, of Hampton, was in 1564 a J.P. opposed to Protestantism.
{Camden Misc. ix. 13, 19.)
(3°9) John Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, one of the Council of the Marches of
Wales, Custos Rotulorum, High Steward of Urchingfield, and Steward of the City
of Hereford, was in 1564 a J.P. deemed unfavourable to Protestantism. He how-
ever signed the Act of Uniformity 1569, and died 25 Sept. 1591. His grandson
John married Elinor, d. of Sir James Crofts, of Crofts, and was Sheriff of Hereford-
shire 1581, Deputy-Lieutenant 1590, and knighted 1596. {Camden Misc. ix. 12 ;
Weaver Heref. 64. )
(310) John Scudamore, of Kentchurch, J. P., refused to sign the Act of Uni-
formity 19 Nov. 1569. He was a consistent recusant, excommunicated and paying
a fine in 1581, and in prison in 1585 and 1592. {Camden Misc. ix. 12 ; Cal. Cecil
MSS. iv. 265 ; Cal. Dom. 1547, 183, 353 ; 1581, 280, 287 ; Dasent, xiii. 192, 292.)
(311) William Shelley, of Sutton and Stoke Edith, is the same as William Shelley
n. 98 above.
(312) Roger Bodenham, of Rother, was b. 1545, married Bridgett, d. of Hum-
phrey Baskerville, of Eardisley. He was Sheriff of Herefordshire 1586 ; and was
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 113
79 Richard Monyngton (313).
80 Walter Baskervile of pontrile (314).
8 1 Thomas Clynton (315).
82 Iohn Harley (316).
83 watkyn Vaughan (317).
84 Thomas havard (318).
85 gregory price (319).
86 Georg Parry (320).
87 Richard Sebourne (321).
88 Symon Parry (322).
89 Debden (323).
90 lames Boile (324).
91 Iohn Baskervile (325).
All the aforenamed of heref sheere be or haue ben
Iustice of ye peace.
(7) 92 Thomas Crofte brother to Sr lames (326).
93 Crofte sonne to Sr lames (327).
created K.B. on the coronation of James I. (Weaver, Herefordshire \ 82; Bnrke
Landed Gentry, 1847 edn.)
(313) Richard Monington, of Sarnesfield, married Katharine, d. of John Scuda-
more (n. 309 above). He was now aged 63. He was deemed neuter in religion in
1564. (Camden Misc. ix. 13 ; Weaver, Heref. 49.)
(314) Walter Baskerville, of Pontrilas, Kentchurch, was a bastard of Thomas, 4th
son of Sir Walter Baskerville. (Weaver, Heref 7.)
(315) Thomas Clynton, of Castleditch in Eastnor, married Margery, d. of Richard
Tracy, of Toddington, Gloucestershire. He was a Catholic J. P. in 1564, and died
1575. {Camden Misc. ix. 19 ; Weaver, Heref. 20.)
(316) John Harley, of Brampton Bryan, was a neuter J.P. in 1564 and "ruler of
Wigmores land." He signed the Act of Uniformity in 1 564. (Camden Misc. ix. 1 3.)
(317) Watkyn Vaughan is unidentified. Walter Vaughan, of Bredwardine, was
a J.P. favourable to Protestantism in 1564. (Camden Misc. ix. 13.)
(318) Thomas Havard, of Hereford, was in 1564 a J.P. and a member of the
city council, '* which by common fame ys a daily dronkard, receiver and mayntainar
of thennemeys of religion, a mayntener of supersticion and namely of abrogated holy-
daies. He useth to praie upon a laten primer full of supersticions. His wife &
maydens use bedes and to be short he is a mortall ennemy to Christen religion."
He refused to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity, 19 Nov. 1569. (Camden Misc. ix.
13. 14, I5» 19; Cal.Dom. 1547, 183, 353.)
(319) Gregory Price, of Hereford, was a neuter J.P. in 1564. He married Mary,
d. of Humphrey Coningsby, of Hampton. (Camden Misc. ix. 13 ; Weaver, Heref. 58.)
(320) George Parry, of Paston, Sheriff of Herefordshire 1563, was a neuter J.P.
in 1564; and signed the Act of Uniformity in 1569. (Camden Misc. ix. 13.)
(321) Richard Seborne, of Sutton, one of the council of the Marches of Wales,
was a Catholic J.P. in 1564. He married Elizabeth, d. of William Elton. (Camden
Misc. ix. 12 ; Weaver, Heref. 64.)
(322) Simon Parry was a neuter J.P. in 1564, and signed the Act of Uniformity
in 1569. (Camden Misc. ix. 13.)
(323) Nicholas Debden, of Ludford, was recommended by the bishop to be
appointed a justice in 1564. (Camden Misc. ix. 14.)
(324) James Boyle, of Hereford, was a Protestant J.P. in 1564. (ibid.)
(325) John Baskerville, 2nd son of Sir James Baskerville who died 1546, married
Elizabeth, d. of Richard Hergist, of Chenstone in Vowchurch, and died 1577.
(Weaver, Heref. 8.)
(326) Thomas Croft, see note 102 above.
(327) Edward Croft, married Anne, d. and h. of Thomas Browne, of Attleborough,
Norfolk, and died 1601. (Weaver, Heref 22 ; Metcalfe, Suffolk, n.)
XIII. H
!I4 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
94 thomas Bodenham sone to Roger B (328).
95 Iohn harper (329).
96 Walter Baskeruile -f
97 brother to Sr James B. (330).
98 Richard walwyn son to Sr R. (331).
99 Richard lyngen 4- (332).
100 Walter Lyngen (333).
101 Tho lyngen (334).
102 Lyggons of cowarn (335).
103 Richard harford (336).
104 Richard Willison (337).
105 Iohn Breynton (338).
106 Iohn Scudamor of heref (339).
107 Phelip Scudamo1' (340).
108 lames Scudamor + (341).
109 Io Parry of Morehampton (342).
no lames Parry (343).
(328) Thomas Bodenham, living in 1634, married Mary, d. of Sir Francis Bacon,
of Kinlet Hall, Salop. (Burke, Landed Gentry, 1847 edn.)
(329) John Harper, of Amberley in Marden, married Sybell, d. of Thomas
Walwyn, of Longford in Lugwardine. (Weaver, Heref. 40.)
(330) Walter Baskerville, 4th son of the Sir James Baskerville who died 1546,
and brother of the Sir James Baskerville who died 1573, married Jane, d. of
Richard Grevill, and widow of Thomas Tame, of Stowell, Gloucestershire. (Weaver,
Heref. 8 ; Fen wick and Metcalfe, Visitation of Gloucester, 79.)
(331) Richard Walwyn, son of the Sir Richard Walwyn knighted at Queen Mary's
coronation (below, n. 546), was High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1582.
(332) Richard Lingen, of Dormington, a recusant in 1581 and I592» is probably
to be identified with Richard Lingen of Stoke Edith (5th son of John Lingen) who
married (1) Ann, d. of Thomas Havard (n. 318 above), and (2) Elizabeth Spenser,
widow, and died 1631. (Burke, Landed Gentry, under Burton of Longner Hall ;
Cal. Cecil MSS. lv. 265 ; Dasent, xiii. 192, 292.)
(333) Walter Lingen (3rd son), brother of the above, entered the Inner Temple
1550, married Elizabeth, d. of Philip Baker, and died 1577. (Burke, loc. cit.)
(334) Thomas Lingen (4th son), brother of the above.
(335) **•* Lygon, of Cowarne. Unidentified.
(336) Richard Harford, of Bosbury, was in 1564 "no justice, but the Quenes
majesties generall surveior ... of all Hereford shere, and receivor to her majestie
of Soche landes as belonged lately to the bishop of Hereford," and was considered
unfavourable to Protestantism. He married Katharine, d. of William Purfoy, of
Northants, and died 1578. {Camden Misc. ix. 13, 19 ; Weaver, Heref 38.)
(337) Richard Willison, of Sugwas in Eaton Bishop, married Anne, d. of William
Elton, of Ledbury, and died 25 Feb. 1574. (Weaver, Heref 77.)
(338) Tohn Breynton, of Stratton, married Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Smyth, of
Credenhill. (Weaver, Heref 13.)
(339) Probably John Scudamore, 3rd son of the John Scudamore first mentioned
n. 309 above, who married Joan, d. and h. of Edmund Payne, of Fownhope.
(340) Probably Philip Scudamore, 4th son, who married Joan, d. of Richard
Warncombe, and widow of Walter Kerle.
(341 ) James Scudamore was very likely the e. s. of John Scudamore (n. 310 above).
He was a recusant in 1592. (Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265.)
(342) John Parry, of Morehampton. Possibly the John Parry sent to the Gate-
house 15 August 1585, for hearing Mass, and still there 7 Dec. 1586. (C.R.S. ii.
245. 271.)
(343) James Parry a prisoner in the Fleet. (Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 413 ; N. &* Q.,
loth S., iv. 492.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 115
111 tho walwyn of longford (344).
112 Thomas Scudamo' sone to Io S of B (345).
113 Richard warnecombe (346).
114 Symon Birington (347).
115 Francis byrington (348) Antony.
116 George Byrington (349) Washbourne.
117 Richard wigmor (350) of Bosebery (351).
118 Thomas wigmor (352).
119 William Caple (353).
120 Richard Caple (354).
121 Thomas Smyth (355).
122 George Crompe (356).
123 George Vaughan (357).
124 lames Gomonde (358).
125 Wm Gomonde (359).
126 Iohn Seboume (360).
127 lames Barow (361).
(344) Thomas Walwyn, of Longford in Lugwardine, married Elinor, d. of Sir John
Price, and died 1580. (Weaver, Heref. 70.)
(345) Thomas Scudamore, s. of John Scudamore (n. 310 above), a recusant in 1592,
and in 1604 with his wife Anne. (Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265 ; C.R.S. ii. 295.)
(346) Richard Warnecombe, of M Wington," i.e. Wintercott, was a J. P. favour-
able to Protestantism in 1564, who signed the Act of Uniformity in 1 569. He married
Jane, d. of John Scudamore, first mentioned n. 251 above. (Weaver, Heref. 61.)
(347) Simon Berington, e. s. of William Berington, of Winsley, a Catholic in
1564. {Camden Misc. ix. 19 ; Burke, Landed Gentry.)
(348) Francis Berington, probably a son of Thomas Berington, of Cowarne, a
Catholic in 1564. (Camden Misc. ix. 19.) In 1604 Joan, the wife of Francis Ber-
ington, of Vankhill, was a recusant. (C.R.S. ii. 296.)
(349) George Berington, see preceding note.
(350) Unidentified.
(351) Anthony Washborne, of Bosbury, married Anne, d. of Thomas Leyland.
(Weaver, op. cit. 73.)
(352) Thomas Wigmore, of Shobdon, married Mary, d. of Ellis Evans, alias
Bithill, of Northop, Flintshire. (Weaver, Heref. 71.)
(353) William Capell, illegitimate son of Thomas Capell, of Howe Capell, d.s.p.
10 Nov. 1577. (Weaver, Heref. 17.)
(354) Richard Capell, e. s. of Edward Capell, married, 1568, Mylborough, d. of
Anthony Washborne (n. 351 above), and was buried at Ledbury, 4 May 1601.
(355) Thomas Smyth, of Credenhill, or Thomas Smyth, of Weston. See
Weaver, Heref. 96.
(356) George Crompe, probably father of Adam Crompe, of Holgate, a recusant
in 1604. (C.R.S. ii. 295.)
(357) Unidentified.
(358) James Gomond, e. s. of John Gomond, of Byford, married Margaret, d. of
Nicholas Walwyn, of Longward. His eldest son John was a recusant in 1 581,
and in prison 1592. (Weaver, Heref. 34; Dasent, xiii. 192, 292 ; Cal. Cecil MSS.
iv. 265.)
(359) William Gomond, (3rd son), brother of the above, married Anne, d. of
Richard Stevens. (Weaver, Heref. 34.)
(360) John Seborne, of Sutton, e. s. of Richard Seborne (n. 321 above), married
Sibyl Mornington, of Sarnesfield, and was a recusant in 1592. Both he and his wife
were recusants in 1604. (Weaver, Heref. 64 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265 ; C.R.S.
ii. 294.)
(361) James Barrow, of Ballingham, married Margaret, d. of Richard Warnecombe,
of Hereford, and was a recusant in 1592, (Weaver, Heref. 6 ; Cal, Cecil MSS, iv,
265.)
Il6 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
128 Richard Barow his sonne (362).
129 Gegory havard (363).
torne to the 12 leife **
(8) Catholicks banished.
Erie of Westmorland (364).
Com t 'esse Northombrelonde (365).
-f Lorde morley (366).
lorde windsore (367).
lorde dacre (368).
Sr francs Inglefild (369).
Sr Ihon nevill + (37o).
Sr Xforus Stuckley-f (371).
Sr Xpofer nevill + (372).
SyRicShelley + (373).
Sir lames Shelley + (374).
(362) Richard Barrow, his son, married Elizabeth, d. of James Boyle (n. 324
above).
(363) Gregory Havard, of Pipley (a son of Thomas Havard, n. 318 above), and
Sibyl his wife were recusants in 1604. (C.R.S. ii. 296. Cf. the two letters of Edward
Havard at Cal, Dom. Add. 1566, p. 544.)
(364) Charles (Neville), 6th Earl of Westmorland. {D.N.B. xl. 245.)
(361;) Anne, widow of Sir Thomas (Percy), 7th Earl of Northumberland. (Gillow,
v. 266.)
(366) Henry (Parker), nth Baron Morley. (D.N.B. xliii. 240 ; Cokayne.)
(367) Edward (Windsor), 3rd Baron Windsor (Cokayne). He died at Venice,
24 Jan. 1574/5-
(368) Edward Dacre. See note 12 above.
(369) Sir Francis Englefield. (D.N.B. xvii. 372.)
(370) Sir John Neville,' of Leversege and Billingley and Leeds, married (1)
Dorothy, d. of Sir Christopher Danby, of Thorpe, by whom he had a son and heir,
and a daughter, and (2) Beatrice, d. of Henry Brome, of Wrenthorpe, by whom he
had ten children. A Protestant under King Edward VI., he was reconciled to the
Church by Dr. Thomas Robertson, Dean of Durham, under Queen Mary. Possibly
the person of this name admitted to Gray's Inn 1534. He was knighted 8 May
1544. He took part in the Rebellion of 1569, and was attainted, but managed to
escape to Scotland, and thence to Paris. From Paris he went to Flanders. He left
Flanders for Rome 157 1/2. He arrived in Madrid from Rome in Nov. 1572, and
received 200 ducats with a promise of 30 ducats a month. He left Madrid 10 May
I573» an(l in '574 he was receiving a pension of 60 ducats a month from the King.
In 1575 he was at Brussels. In both 1574 and 1575 the English Government
demanded his expulsion from Spanish territory. He and his son Robert died abroad
before 1588 as the Concertatio records. (Sharp ; Knox, 299 ; Gachet ; Proost ; Cal.
Dom. Add. 1566; Foster; G.I.R. 10; Cal. For. 1569; H.S.P. xvi. 229.)
(371) This should be Sir Thomas Stukeley, as to whom see D.N.B. lv. 123. It
does not appear when he was knighted, but that he was a knight is clear from the
Calendars of State Papers. He was made Marquess of Ireland by the Pope.
(C.R.S. ii. 161.)
(372) For Christopher Neville (? admitted to Gray's Inn 1531), who does not
appear to have been a knight, see D.N.B. xl. 246.
(373) For Sir Richard Shelley, Knight of St. John, see D.N.B. Hi. 40, as corrected
by N. 6° Q., 9th Series, xii. 426, and nth Series, ii. 336.
(374) Sir James Shelley, Knight of St. John, was a brother of the above, and
went abroad soon after the accession of Queen Elizabeth. On 29 May 1573 the
Grand Master and Venerable Council granted him 50 scudi a year besides his table
money and pay. (Berry, Sussex; Cal. For. 1563, 625; Strype, A. II. ii. 597;
N & Q., 1st S., viii. 192, x. 201.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 117
Sir Oliver Starkie (375).
Sr Xforus Mackanfild (376).
1 Richarde norton (377).
2 francs norton (378).
dead 3 Iohn Swinborne (379).
4 Christop Danby (380).
5 Antonie bolmer (381).
6 Iohn thwinge (382).
7 Michael tempest (383).
(375) Sir Oliver Starkey, Knight of St. John, natural son of Hugh Starkey, of
Oulton Lowe, Cheshire, was in Malta in 1565, and was reported as being ready to
conform, if allowed to return to England. Ormerod states that he became Grand
Prior of England. He is not in the Concertatio list. He was buried in St. John's
Church, Malta. (Ormerod, Cheshire, ii. 188; Cal. For. 1564, 330 ; N. &> Q., 1st S.,
viii. 192.)
(376) Sir Christopher Markenfield is not mentioned either in the Concertatio or in
the pedigree in H.S. P.
(377) Richard Norton. {D.N.B. xli. 27.)
(378) Francis Norton, e. s. of the above. (Gillow, v. 197.)
(379) John Swinburne, of Chopwell, co. Durham, took part in the rebellion of
1569 and was attainted. He fled to Scotland, where he was imprisoned, but he was
liberated in 1572. He arrived in Madrid Nov. 1573, and received a pension from the
King of Spain. He was living at Namur in 1577. On 3 July 1575 Queen Elizabeth
had by letter demanded his expulsion from Spanish territory. He married Anne,
sister to William Smythe (n. 216 above). He and one of his sons were living in Paris
in 1580, and both died abroad before 1588 according to the Concertatio. (Sharp, 33,
264; Proost, 286; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566; Cal. For. 1569, 1572, 1579; Surtees,
ii. 277-8.)
(380) Christopher Danby, of Beeston, Leeds, (2nd son), brother of Sir Thomas (n.
49 above), admitted to Gray's Inn 1544, was attainted for his share in the rebellion of
1569. He arrived in Paris Oct. 1570. In 1574 he was in Spain, and in 1575 at
Brussels, in receipt of a pension of 30 ducats a month from the King. His expulsion
from Spanish territory was demanded by Queen Elizabeth in 1574 or 1575. In 1580
he was living in Paris. He married Margaret, d. of Sir William Calverley, and
widow of Sir Robert Beeston, of Beeston. (Foster, G.V.Y. 264; G.I.R. 17; Cal.
For. 1569; Strype, A. II. i. 495; Knox, 299; Proost, 284-6.)
(381) Anthony Bulmer, e. s. of Francis (n. 223 above), was imprisoned in Durham
gaol 1 Jan. 1569/70, and in 1574 was in Spain, receiving a pension of 30 ducats a
month. In 1575 he was a student at Louvain. (Strype, loc. cit. ; Sharp, 129;
Knox, 300.)
(382) John Thweng was probably the person of this name, e. s. of Edmund
Thweng, of Rotsey, Yorks, and the Thweng successively in the service of the Earl
and Countess of Northumberland, who in 1574 was receiving a pension of 30 ducats
a month from the King of Spain, and in 1575 was at Brussels with a pension of 20
crowns. His expulsion from Spanish territory was demanded by the English
Ambassador, Thomas Wilson, 1 Dec. 1574. He died before 1588, according to the
Concertatio. (Proost, 284-5 ; Strype, loc. cit. ; Knox, 299 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566,
345; Cal. For. 1572, 582.)
(383) Michael Tempest, e. s. of Robert Tempest, J. U.D., of Holmside, co. Durham,
entered the Inner Temple in Nov. 1558. He married Dorothy Dymoke. He and
his father were both attainted in 1569, but having escaped to Scotland embarked
from Aberdeen, 23 Aug. 1570. They were at Louvain in 1571. Robert died at
Brussels. Michael afterwards went to Spain with one of his sons. They were in
Madrid May to July 1574, and received 300 ducats, with the promise of 35 ducats a
month or 40 ducats a month in Flanders. Michael's banishment from the Low
Countries was demanded, 1 Dec. 1574, and 3 July 1575. Michael died abroad
before 1 588 leaving three sons. The Robert Tempest who was in Rome in 1 586
was undoubtedly the nephew of the first-mentioned Robert, and was afterwards a
Il8 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
8 francs more (384).
9 Redmaine (385).
Sir Ric McKinfilde (386).
10 Robt giles (387).
1 1 Iohn gage (388).
Thorn gage (389).
13 Ihon gage (390).
priest and doctor of divinity. No doubt this latter was the licentiate of civil law
who was in Paris in 1580. (M.f.T. 32; CaL Dom. Add. 1566; Sharp, 33, 264;
Knox, 299; Proost, loc. cit.; Strype, loc. cit. ; Concertatio ; CaL For. 1579.)
(384) Francis More, of Yorkshire, was probably a son of John More, of More
Place, Herts, a son of B. Thomas More, and Anne, d. and h. of Edward Cresacre,
of Barnborough, Yorks. He probably took part in the rebellion of 1569, and with
George More, probably his brother, had gone to Spain in 1574. The expulsion of
one More from the Low Countries was demanded by the English Ambassador, 1 Dec.
1574* (CaL Doni. Add. 1566, 413 ; Proost, loc. cit. ; Strype, A. I. ii. 54 ; II. i. 495 ;
n. 5960
(385) This is too vague to identify with any certainty. One Marmaduke Redman,
of Thornton, nephew to Sir Richard Cholmeley, of Roxby, was in prison at Durham
in 1569. (Sharp, 129). So was one Thomas Redman. The Concertatio, which does
not mention Marmaduke, mentions both Robert and Thomas Redman as exiled
gentlemen, and one John Redshaw as a deprived priest. The last appears to have
been known also as John Redman. Robert Redman married Bridget, d. of John
Clement, M.D., of Louvain, and Margaret (Giggs) his wife, adopted d. of B. Thomas
More.
(386) Sir Richard Markenfield is unknown to the Markenfield pedigree and to
the Concertatio. The latter mentions a Thomas Markenfield, Knight of St. John,
but this should be Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. Thomas Markenfield, e. s. of
Thomas Markenfield, of Markenfield, Yorks, married Isobel, d. of Sir William
Ingilby (n. 35 above). He and his brother John, (3rd son), then under twenty, and
probably his brother William, (2nd son), alive in 1584, were attainted in 1570. He
probably with William escaped to Scotland, and thence to Antwerp, where he
received a pension of 432 ducats a year from the King of Spain, but was so poor
that he had but scant garment to wear. His banishment from Spanish territory
was demanded by the English Ambassador, 1 Dec. 1574, and by a letter from the
Queen, dated 3 July 1575. John, who was attainted only to bring his title to his
eldest brother's lands, if he had any such title, to the Queen, was not meant to die, as
he had no lands, and was eventually pardoned on the score of his youth. (Strype,
loc. cit.; CaL Dom. Add. 1566; CaL For. 1572; H.S.P. xvi. 197; Proost, 281,
284-6 ; Gachet, loc. cit.)
(387) Robert Giles, gent., of Kent, married a daughter of Sir Thomas Stradling,
of St. Donat's, Glamorganshire, and died at Louvain in 1578, aged 44, and was buried
in the Church of St. Michael there. He is described as "legum Anglkc professor
egregius." (N. 6° Q., 10th S., i. 48.)
(388) John Gage, of Firle, Sussex (identical with n. 99 above), e. s. of Sir Edward
Gage, K.B. He married (1) Elizabeth Littleton, of Frankley, who died about 1560,
and (2) Margaret, d. of Sir Roger Copley, of Gatton. He and his second wife were
living at Antwerp at the date of this list. They returned to England in 1576, and
from that date onward to his death without issue, 10 October 1595, John Gage was
constantly being fined and imprisoned for his religion. See N. &* Q. , 10th S., viii. 241,
and Gage, 237.
(389) Probably Thomas Gage, 3rd son of Sir Edward Gage, K.B. Born 27 Jan.
1542, he entered Winchester College second on the roll for 1553, probably as
founder's kin. He was a magistrate of Sussex, suspected of popery in 1576, and died
1590. He married Elizabeth, d. of Sir Thomas Guldeford of Hemstead, Kent, by
whom he was the father of John Gage, who became first baronet. (JV. &r Q. loc.
cit.; Gage, 238.)
(390) Probably John Gage, of Wormley, Herts, a younger son of James Gage, of
Bentley, Framfield, Sussex. {N. & Q., 10th S., vii. 102-3.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IlO,
14 Thorns Shelley (391).
15 Anthony Shelley (392).
16 Ihon Shelley (393).
17 Hgo Copley (394).
18 Iohn leedes (395).
19 Thorns Vachell + (396).
20 Shelton (397).
2 1 Gilbert ticheborne (398).
22 Willm Cotton + AM (399).
23 David Stradlinge (400).
(391) Thomas Shelley, of Mapledurham, Petersfield, Hants, a brother of Sir
Richard and Sir James (nn. 373 and 374 above), married Mary, d. of" Sir Roger Copley,
of Gatton. He was a J.P. for Hampshire, and went abroad in or before 1570.
Three Shelleys of Hampshire were in Paris 27 April 1580. These are probably
Thomas Shelley and the two sons next mentioned. {N. & Q., 9th S., xii. 426 ; 10th
S.,ii. 155,457-)
(392) Anthony Shelley, one of the younger sons of the above, was elected a
Winchester Scholar in 1563, and is believed to have become a Carthusian.
(393) Jonn Shelley, brother of the above Anthony, was elected a Winchester
Scholar in 1567. lie may be the person of this name who was a Knight of St. John
at Malta in 1582. He was living in Hampshire in 1596. One of this name arrived
at the English College, Rheims, 4 Dec. 1583, and left 13 May 1586, returning 11
Oct. 1588, and leaving 23 August 1589. In a letter from Anthony Copley, attributed
by Strype to the year 1596, which however by internal evidence cannot be later than
1588, John Shelley is said to be serving in the Spanish Armada. {AT. & Q., 1st S.,
viii. 192 ; 10th S., ii. 155, 457; Strype, A. iv. 388 ; Knox, 199, 210, 221, 225.)
(394) Possibly Henry Copley, e. s. of Sir Thomas Copley of Gatton, Baron de
Welles, who was knighted by the King of France and died at Rheims, 10 May 1580.
(Knox, 164, 165.)
(395) John Leeds, of Steyning, Sussex, married Elizabeth, d. of Sir Thoma>
Palmer, of Parham, Sussex, and fled abroad. On his return he was a recusant, and
was in prison at Wisbech in 1588, but was at liberty in 1592. {H.S.P. liii. 25 ;
Dasent, x. 50 ; Strype, W. i. 529; Cal. Cecil MS S. iv. 263.)
(396) Thomas Vachell, of Berkshire, e. s. of Thomas Vachell, of Ipsden, Oxon,
married Katharine, d. of Thomas Reade, of Barton, near Abingdon, Berks, was
living at Lire (Lille?) in 1575, and was a recusant in 1585. He is mentioned as
an exile in the Concertatio. {H.S.P. lvii. 205 ; Knox, 300 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 275.)
(397) Humphrey Shelton, of London, (? and of Belhouse Manor, North Tuden-
ham, Norfolk), went abroad early in Queen Elizabeth's reign and lived at Rouen as
a merchant, receiving also a pension from the King of Spain. He was alive in 1602.
(Strype, ^4. II. ii. 596; Cal. For. 1579; Cal. Dom. 1 591 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1580;
Blomefield, x. 266.)
(398) Gilbert Tichborne, 2nd s. of Nicholas Tichborne, of Tichborne, Hants, a
Bencher of the Inner Temple, brother of Benjamin above (n. 80), entered the Inner
Temple Nov. 1572. He arrived in Spain from Flanders, December 1573. In 1574
he was receiving a pension of 30 ducats. He was in prison in the Gatehouse in 1581,
described as a " soldier" and of "Tichborne besides Portsmouth," in 1582 he was in
Flanders. In 1592 he was in prison for recusancy, and in 1594 he was in Winchester
Castle, and died at Winchester in 1636, aged 96. (Berry, Hampshire; Cal. Cecil
MSS.tr. 271 ; Cal. For. 1572 ; Cal. Dom. 1 591, 463 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1580; C.F.S.
ii. 220 ; Strype, A. II. i. 495 ; M.I. T. 71.)
(399) William Cotton arrived in Madrid from Flanders and obtained a pension
from the King of Spain. He was at Dunkirk and at Antwerp in 1575, and is some-
times called Sir William. {Cal. Dom. 1547; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566; Cal. For.
1572.)
(400) David Stradling, of Glamorganshire, was probably a brother of Sir Edward
Stradling (n. 50 above). He was at one time of the Inner Temple. In Nov. 1573 he
arrived at Madrid from Flanders and obtained a pension from the King. {Cal. For.
1572 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566 ; Cal. Inner T. Fee. I. Iv.)
120 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
24 George tirrell (401).
25 Robt tirrell (402).
26 Willm Griffit + (403).
(9) 27 thorns daniell [dead + f* margin] (404).
28 George chamberleine (405).
29 hugh owen AM (406).
30 Robt owen (407).
31 Anthony Standen +(408).
32 Anthony nolloth (409).
(401) George Tyrrell, 4th s. of Sir Thomas Tyrrell, of Heron, Essex, and
Constance, d. of John Blount, Lord Mountjoy, was a servant of Queen Mary, one
of the ushers of the presence-chamber, who, soon after the accession of Queen
Elizabeth, went abroad with his wife and family. He arrived at Madrid in Nov. 1573,
and received a pension of 30 ducats a month from the King of Spain. In July 1578
he was living at Louvain. He was the father of Anthony Tyrrell. (D.N.B. lvii.
437 ; Knox, 300; Cal. Dom. 1547, 427 ; Cal. Dom.Add. 1569, 468 ; Cal. For. 1572,
451 ; Strype, A. II. i. 495 ; H.S.P. xiii. 16, 302.)
(402) Robert Tyrrell was probably the eldest son of the above.
(403) William Griffith, son of Hugh Griffith, of London, who entered the Inner
Temple in Nov. 1571, is probably the John Griffin of Essex noted as being abroad in
1576, and is doubtless the "Greffy " who arrived at Madrid in Nov. 1573 to get a
pension, and the Mr. Griffith who was at Padua in Sept. 1579 and in Venice about
1591. {Cal. Dom. 1547, 633; 1591, 161 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 468; Strype, A. II. ii.
596; M./.T.69.)
(404) Thomas Daniell is probably the Thomas Daniell slain in the wars in
Flanders, 2nd s. of Edward Daniell mentioned C.R.S. i. 118.
(405) George Chamberlain, 2nd s. of Sir Leonard Chamberlain, brother of John
(n. 155 above), was arrested in 1562 and lodged in the Tower. He was at Louvain in
April 1 570, and had 6 crowns a month pension. He arrived at Madrid 10 Dec. 1 57l>
and received 300 ducats with entertainment for Flanders, and left 29 Feb. 1572.
He returned to Madrid in Sept. 1573, leaving again in Dec, having received another
300 ducats. In Flanders he got 60 ducats a month. He married Mary Pring, of
Ghent, and was the father of George Chamberlain, Bishop of Ypres. (Gillow, i. 457 »
C.R.S. i. 56; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566; Cal. Spain, 1558, 241; Proost, 281; Gachet,
iil 9-13, xvi. 19-21.)
(406) Hugh Owen, a kinsman of Barbara, wife of Sir Robert Sidney, and d. and
h. of John Gamage (n. 293 above), entered Lincoln's Inn 21 April 1556. He arrived
at Madrid 26 Nov. 1572, and received 150 ducats, with the promise of 20 ducats
a month in Flanders. In 1574 he was getting 40 ducats a month. In 1575 he
proposed going to Rome and Naples. In the same year his servant Parry was
arrested, and several people in North Wales got into trouble for supposed dealings
with him. He lived mainly in Brussels. In a letter which cannot be later than 1588
(though dated in Strype 1596), Anthony Copley reports to the Privy Council that no
one can be preferred in the Court of Flanders without Hugh Owen's favour, as he
was " in credit with the prince's secretary, none more." He was certainly there 1 591
to 1603, a zealous servant of the King of Spain. It appears he was for some time under
arrest there (together with Fr. William Baldwin, S.J., and Sir William Stanley) for
supposed complicity in the Gunpowder Plot. {Rec. of Line. Inn, Adm. i. 62; the
Calendars of State Papers passim ; Gachet; Strype, A. iv. 390.)
(407) Robert Owen arrived at the English College, Douay, 1570, and was in
Rome in 1580. {Cal. Dom. 1547, 651.) He became a priest in France (Knox, 5).
He was probably a brother of the above. On 1 Dec. 1574 Thomas Wilson, the
English Ambassador, demanded that "Owen and his brother" should be banished
from the Low Countries. (Proost, 284-5.)
(408) For Anthony Standen, see N. &> Q., nth Series, i. 389, 469.
(409) Anthony Nolloth, of Suffolk, arrived at Madrid 13 Jan. 1 571/2, and left 31
March 1572, after receiving 150 ducats with entertainment for Flanders. He got
back to Flanders before 7 May. In 1574 and 1575 he was drawing 40 ducats or 20
crowns a month. (Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 394, 497; Strype, A. II. i. 495, ii. 500 ;
Knox, 299 ; Gachet.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 121
33 francs powell (410).
34 henry carew (411).
35 willim pollarde (412).
36 francis paeto (413).
37 Ihon parrett +(414).
38 Secheverell (415).
39 Iohn Talbot (416).
(410) Francis Powell is doubtless the Mr. Powell, an English priest conversant
with the rebels resident at Louvain in 1 571/2, who in 1574 was about to receive
a pension of 16 ducats a month. (Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 385 ; Strype, loc. cit.)
(411) Henry Carew, e. s. of Henry Carew, of Ham, Dorsetshire, in 1574 is re-
ported as having gone to Spain to get a pension. In Feb. 1574/5 he had returned to
Flanders with a pension of 20 crowns a month. (Cal. Dom. 1581, 586; Cal. Dom.
Add. 1566, 478 ; Strype, loc. cit.)
(412) William Pollard entered the Inner Temple in November 1562 from Hor-
wood, Devon, and again in November 1567, and is described as the eldest son of
Roger Pollard, and as having succeeded to the estates. It appears, however, that he
was the 2nd son of Sir Richard Pollard, of Waye and Horwood, and being sus-
pected of popery had gone abroad before 1577. A Richard Pollard, of Devon, not
mentioned in the pedigree, occurs in the Douay Diaries, pp. 220, 225, 232. (M.I.T.
50 and 62 ; Cal. Intter T. Rec. liv. ; Vivian, Devony 597.)
(413) Francis Peto is doubtless the Peto who had come out of Italy and was with
the King of Spain in May 1574. He died in exile before 1588, according to the
Concertatio. (Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 462.)
(414) John Parratt, who was serving as a soldier at Antwerp, 5 July 1571,
arrived at Madrid 1 March 157 1/2, received 100 ducats with entertainment for
Milan, and left 31 May 1572. In 1575 he had gone to Spain again. (Cal. Dom.
Add. 1566, 467; Knox, 300.)
(415) John Sacheverell (of Buxton, Derbyshire) was imprisoned in the Counter
in Wood St. in 1562 for his religion, as we know from the list in Cal. Dom. Add.
1547, which must be later than June 1562, as one of the prisoners in the Fleet
therein mentioned is Thomas Somerset, who, as we know from Dasent, vii. 108, was
committed 27 June 1562. Later on Sacheverell fled abroad. (Strype, A. II. ii.
596.)
(416) Probably John Talbot, of Grafton, Worcestershire, only s. and h. of Sir
John Talbot, and father, by Katharine, d. of Sir William Petre, of George Talbot,
9th Earl of Shrewsbury, who was a priest. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn
10 Feb. 1555/6. It was when passing through Smithfield in the company of Mr.
and Mrs. Talbot that B. Robert Johnson was recognised by Sledd the informer in
July 1580. Indeed, Fr. Persons calls him " Mr. Talbot's priest," though it appears
he was rather Lady Petre's. Talbot was committed to the custody of the Dean of
Westminster, 24 August 1580, and afterwards removed to the house of his brother-
in-law, Sir John Petre, in Aldersgate St. On 1 Oct. 1581, the plague being rife in
the City, he was moved to some other house within ten or twelve miles of London.
In 1583 the priest Hugh Hall confessed that he had in past years been entertained
by him. Later Talbot was restricted to one Henry Whitney's house at Mitcham in
Surrey, and two miles round it. In 1588 he was in prison at Wisbech Castle for
having heard Mass, contrary to the provisions of 23 Eliz. c. i. From 9 Dec. 1588
to about 13 May 1589 he was liberated on bail, owing to his own and his wife's
health. He then seems to have been restricted to his house in Clerkenwell, but on
19 May 1589 he was given leave to go anywhere within six miles of it. From 2 Aug.
to 20 Oct. 1589 he was allowed, on giving bail, to go down to Worcestershire. On
12 March 1589/90 he was ordered into confinement at the house of Richard Fiennes,
at Broughton in Oxfordshire, whence he was released on bail, 24 May 1590, for a
fortnight. He was again allowed out on bail, 20 Dec. 1590, and 22 July 1591. In
1592 he was at Bickslie (? Bexley or Bickley), Kent. On 7 Aug. 1592 the recusants
formerly imprisoned at Ely, Banbury, and Broughton were ordered back to their
prisons, but an exception was made, 17 Sept. 1592, in favour of John Talbot. How-
ever, next year we find him in Ely gaol. Thence he was liberated for a considerable
122 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
40 Ihon hart (417).
41 Raulfe coniers (418).
42 Haddocke (419).
43 Tomson (420).
44 Crayford (421).
45 Ric Hopkins (422).
period on bail to act as umpire in a family dispute. Later on he was allowed to take
" the Bathes," presumably at Bath, on account of his health. Between Michaelmas
1 593 and the nth March following he paid .£120 in fines for recusancy. Afterwards
he was imprisoned in Banbury Castle, whence he was released on bail for two
months, 27 Feb. 1596/7* his leave being subsequently extended, 29 April 1597 and
6 Nov. i597-# In 1601 he was living in Worcestershire, and pressure was brought
to bear on him to secure his influence to promote the candidature of Sir Thomas
Leighton as one of the parliamentary representatives of the shire. In 1604 he was
paying £20 a month in fines for his recusancy, the benefit whereof was on 26 Aug.
granted to Sir William Anstruther, who on 13 Oct. in the same year obtained his
pardon. On the following 8 Dec. a warrant was issued for release to him of ,£160
due from him to the Crown in fines for recusancy. In 1605 he was suspected of
complicity with the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot, one of whom, Richard
Winter, of Huddington, near Droit wich, had married his daughter Gertrude. Robert
Winter, however, declared that he had said nothing on the subject to his father-in-
law, knowing that he would not join the plot under any circumstances. Indeed, he
had actually driven the fugitive conspirators from his door. Talbot was, neverthe-
less, arrested, and on the 4th Dec. 1605 examined. On 26 Sept. 1606 the value of
his recusancy was granted to Lord Hay. His second son John, the father of the
10th Earl of Shrewsbury, died in London in 1607. He himself probably died about
the same year, but the date of his death is unknown. (Dasent ; Cal. Dom. 1581 ;
Strype, W. i. 529; A. iv. 276; Hamilton, 182, 183; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 268;
Cokayne ; Rec. Line. Inn> Adm. i. 62 ; C.R.S. ii. 27.)
(417) John Hart. See D.N.B. xxv. 61 ; Gillow, iii. 153.
(418) Ralph Conyers, probably either n. 217 or n. 220 above.
(419) Vivian (or Evan) Haydock. See Gillow, iii. 202.
(420) Christopher Thomson was ordained acolyte at Chester in 1557, and subse-
quently received Anglican orders. On 19 March 1568/9 he was instituted to the
living of Winwick in Lancashire, on the presentation of the Queen. In 1576 he was
at the English College at Douay, and left 30 April for Louvain and England. On
27 March 1577 he returned to Douay, and was ordained priest at Cambrai on Holy
Saturday, 6 April, by the Archbishop, Mgr. Louis de Berlaymont, leaving on the
following 24th for Louvain and England. In 1578 he was arrested by the Earl of
Derby and imprisoned. By command of the Privy Council, dated 23 August, he
was sent to London by the end of September, and on or about 3 November 1578
was committed to the Marshalsea. About the end of December 1580 he was removed
to the Tower, where he was racked on the following 3 January. He remained in
prison till 21 Jan. 1584/5, when with nineteen other priests and one layman he was
put on board the Mary Martin of Colchester, at Tower Wharf. On 2 Feb. they
were landed at Boulogne. Two years later he was in Paris. (A7". <5r> Q., 10th S.,
x. 170.)
(421) Edward Cratford, a native of Herefordshire, was a Fellow of All Souls'
College, Oxford, and B.A. in 1540. He became M.A. in 1544, and migrated to
Christ Church, Oxford, in 1547. He was second-master at St. Peter's College,
Westminster, in 1 55 1, received the tonsure in London in Dec. 1554, became a Royal
Chaplain in 1555, and was Vicar of North Petherton, Somerset, 1554-7. He sub-
sequently was given the prebend of Yatton in the Cathedral Church of Wells, and
the rectory of Lydeard St. Lawrence, of which two preferments he was deprived in
1 561. He was living abroad in 1576, and died before 1588, probably in Spain.
(Foster, Alumni Oxonienses ; Gee (H.), Elizabethan Clergy (Oxford, 1898), 227,
233, 255, 272 ; Frere (W. II.), Marian Reaction (London, 1896), 258 ; Strype, A.
III. i. 39; C.R.S. i. 19,42.)
(422) The account of Richard Hopkins in D.N.B. xxvii. 3S7 W not quite satis-
factory. It may therefore be noted : ( 1 ) that he was son and heir of Richard
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 123
46 gabr denis (423).
47 Houghton (424).
48 wm Cleoburne +(425).
49 hugh charnok (426).
50 leiton (427).
51 midelton (428).
52 Ingram thwynge (429).
53 Agremont RatclifT [crossed out].
Hopkins ; (2) that he was admitted to the Middle Temple 24 May 1561, and is
possibly the Richard Hopkins, a commoner of Magdalen College 1564/5, whom
Wood apparently confuses with the commoner of St. Alban's Hall, 1573/4 ; (3) that
he went to Flanders by licence of the then Lord Treasurer, i.e. either Richard Sack-
ville or Sir William Mildmay ; (4) that he was living in Antwerp 7 May 1575, and
in Rome 1 1 August 1582, at which latter date he sent a copy of his book, Of Prayer
and Meditation, to Sir Francis Walsyngham ; (5) that he was in Brussels 1587, and
in Paris in Oct. 1590 ; (6) and that in 1593 and January 1593/4 he was living at
Sieur Vandersteen's house, near the English Exchange, Antwerp. (Hutchinson,
Notable Middle Templars, 125 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 597, iv. 203 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 66 ;
Dom. 1591,415; Dom. Add. 1566, 484; Dom. Add. 1580, 313, 314; C.R.S. v.
149, 261, 262.)
(423) Gabriel Dennis, 5th son of Sir Thomas Dennis, of Holcombe Burnell,
Devon, admitted to the Inner Temple 1544, was in Brussels 1574* and his expulsion
from the Low Countries was formally demanded by the English Ambassador, Thomas
Wilson, 1 Dec. 1574. He is mentioned in the Concertatio as living in exile with
his wife. In Sept. 1586 he was suspected of being concerned in the Babington
plot. In 1593 and 1594 Gabriel Dennis was at Brussels. (Vivian, Devon, 279-80 ;
Proost ; C.R.S. ii. 268, v. 248 ; MI.T. 19 ; Knox, 301, 403, 406.)
(424) Thomas Hoghton. See C.R.S. iv. 175, 193.
(425) William Clyborne, of Clyborne, Westmorland, entered the Inner Temple in
Nov. 1564. He is probably the Cleburne, a Lancashire man, at Vigo about 1578,
and related to the priest Gerard Cleburne, of Chester dio., mentioned in the Douay
Diaries. (MJ.T. 54 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 543.)
(426) Hugh Charnock, of Chester dio., after imprisonment at London and fifteen
years' exile for the faith, arrived at the English College at Rheims, 3 August 1 584,
and received the first tonsure, minor orders, and the subdiaconate in the chapel of the
Holy Cross in Rheims Cathedral on Holy Saturday, 20 April 1585. On the follow-
ing 21 Sept. he was ordained deacon in the same place by Mgr. Louis de Brezd,
Bishop of Meaux, and died 10 April 1586, aged nearly 60. (Knox, 13, 201, 206,
207, 210.)
(427) Thomas Layton or Leighton, son of Anthony, of Lancashire, was supposed
to be an agent of Mary, Queen of Scots, and to have piloted various political emis-
saries into Scotland in the spring of 1584. In the following summer he was taken
at sea on board the Hopewell of Poole, by William Arnwood, a pirate. On 27 May
1585 we find him in the Tower, where he still was 18 June 1586. In November
1586 he was in the Clink, having been sent there the previous 28 August. In 1587
he was regarded as a seminary priest. On Sept. 30, 1588, he was still in prison. In
1593 one Layton was at Seville. {Cal. Dom. Add. 1580, 117 ; Cal Dom. 1581, 184,
186; C.R.S. ii. 238, 251, 261, 264, 268, 283, v. 247 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 600.)
(428) There was a Middleton in Paris in 1580, and the Concertatio mentions one
as living in exile in 1588, and one, a brother to Captain Middleton, R.N., was at
Antwerp in 1594. There were numerous Middletons in Yorkshire, Lancashire,
and Westmorland, and it has proved impossible to identify the Middleton here
mentioned.
(429) Ingram Thweng, 3rd son of George Thweng, of Over Helmsley, Yorks,
was in the service of the Earl of Northumberland, and was attainted in 1571. In
April of that year he was at Antwerp in attendance on the Countess. In 1574 he
was getting a pension of 30 ducats a month from the King of Spain. At the end of
February 1 581/2 he left Rheims for Rome. He was admitted to the Hospice of
the English College there as servant to Mr. Charles Basset, 14 April 1582, and
124 Two LISTS 0F INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
54 tymothe mockett (430).
5 5 gerard mary ne + (43 1 ) .
dutch + [crossed out].
56 palmer +(432).
57 Ihon gowre (433).
58 marmaduk blakston (434).
59 george smith (435).
60 george stafforde (436).
61 paule latham +(437).
62 Robt heighinton (438).
remained for eight days as a poor pilgrim. On 20 Feb. 1597/8 he was again admitted
to the same Hospice at Rome, and remained for fifty-eight days. (Foster, G. V. Y.
230; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 345; Cal. Dom. 1581, 364; 1591, 207, SI I, 246;
Strype, A. II. i. 495 ; Knox, 185 ; Foley, Records English Province, S.J. (London,
1877), vi. 552, 569.)
(430) Timothy Mockett arrived at Madrid, 16 Dec. 1571, and received a gift of
150 ducats with entertainment for Flanders, and left 31 March 1572. In 1574 he
was receiving 20 or 30 ducats a month. In 1575 he was at Brussels receiving 16
crowns a month. He had married a widow with ;£l20 a year. His banishment
from the Low Countries was formally demanded 1 Dec. 1574. On 27 July 1580 he
left Paris for Spain. He was subsequently knighted by the King of Spain, and his
pension was increased to 40 crowns a month. He was at Antwerp in July 1594
desirous to return to England, if he could do so without changing his religion. He
was still living abroad in 1596. (Proost ; Gachet ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 467;
1580, 1 1 ; Cal. Dom. 1591, 478, 525 ; Strype, A. II. i. 495, iv. 390 ; Knox, 299, 468.)
(431) Gerard Maryn, of Southampton, entered the Inner Temple in November
1559, and was expelled for recusancy in 1 572. {M.I. T. 34 ; Cal. I. T. Rec. I. liv. 267.)
(432) Brian Palmes, of Morton, co. Durham, was attainted 1571, but managed
to escape to Flanders. Queen Elizabeth demanded his expulsion from Spanish
dominions, 3 July 1575. He married Margaret, only d. of Ralph Ratcliffe, of Tun-
stall. (Sharp, 265 ; Proost ; Foster, D. V.P. 267 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 358.)
(433) Jonn Gower, of Richmond, Yorks, b. 1557, attainted 1571, son of Ralph
Gower, of Picton, escaped to Scotland, and thence returned to Yorkshire, but after-
wards went abroad. On 6 Feb. 1575/6 he arrived at the English College, Douay,
from Anchin College, a student of theology, and on 6 Oct. left for Rome. On
16 Oct. 1 580 he arrived at Rheims a priest, having been ordained in Rome. The
Queen asked for his expulsion from Spanish territory, 3 July 1575. On 4 August
1 581 he set out for Paris, where he was imprisoned, 31 May 1582, as a heretic. He
was indeed ready to become a Protestant if his pardon could be secured. However,
he was soon after reconciled to the Church. He was back at Rheims 21 April
1586, and left 21 May. In 1598 he was a lunatic. {C.R.S. ii. ; Proost, 286 ; Foster,
G. V.Y. 267 ; Strype, A. III. i. 192 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566 ; Knox.)
(434) Marmaduke Blakiston, of Morden, 3rd s. of Thomas Blakiston, of Blakis-
ton, co. Durham, entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1555. He was attainted 1571,
but pardoned 16 May 1574. Nevertheless, 1 Dec. 1574 and 3 July 1575, his ex-
pulsion from Spanish territory was demanded. He died in 161 1. (Sharp ; Foster,
D. V.P. 19 ; M.I.T. 25 ; Surtees, iii. 162 ; Proost, 284-6.)
(435) George Smith, of the bishopric of Durham, was in the Low Countries
about 1575. Possibly the musician who arrived at the English College, Rheims,
4 April 1584, and left for the English College, Rome, 2 Sept. 1587. He died in
exile before 1588, according to the Concertatio. (Knox, 201, 217 ; Proost, 286 n.)
(436) George Stafford's banishment from the Low Countries was demanded in a
letter from Queen Elizabeth, dated 3 July 1575. (Proost, 286.) He died in exile
before 1588, according to the Concertatio.
(437) Paul Latham died in prison for his religion in York Castle, 1 June 1583.
(C.R.S. v. 192, 193.)
(438) Robert Heighington, of Richmond, Yorks, secretary to the Earl of Northum-
berland, was attainted in 1571, but escaped abroad with two of his sons, and re-
mained in attendance on the Countess in Flanders. Queen Elizabeth demanded his
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 1 25
63 tho nelson (439).
64 Willm Seborne (440).
65 langdale (441).
66 stapleton (442).
67 wotton (443).
lames hamleton (444).
Ihon hamleton (445).
Adam gordum (446).
liggons (447).
tho prideaux (448).
(10) priests
1 Doctor Sanders +(449)-
2 Docter Allen + (450).
3 Docter hall +(451).
banishment from Spanish territory, 3 July 1575. He had lately been at Namur,
Feb. 1576/7, but had then left. He died abroad in or just before 1590. His eldest
son William was a priest. (Sharp, 271 ; Proost, 286 ; Knox, 298.)
(439) Thomas Nelson, a brother of B. John Nelson, b. at Skelton, Yorks,
arrived at Douay 1575, was ordained priest and sent on the mission in 1577, and
died at Antwerp in June 1625. (Camm, ii. 224.)
(440) William Seaborne, of Sutton St. Nicholas, Herefordshire, became a Member
of the Inner Temple Nov. 1554. He arrived at the English College at Rheims,
11 June 1583. He was ordained deacon by Mgr. Claude d'Angenne, Bishop of
Noyon, 25 Sept., in the chapel of St. Remy's monastery, and priest on 29 Sept. 1583
in the same place by Louis, Cardinal de Guise, the Archbishop of Rheims. He went
away from Rheims, but returned 3 June 1588. On 17 April 1590 he left for Spa,
and in 1596 was in Spain. (Knox ; Cal. Inner T. Rec. I. lv. ; M.I.T. 19.)
(441) Alban Langdale. (D.N.B. xxxii. 94.)
(442) Thomas Stapleton. (D.N.B. liv. 101.)
(443) Thomas Wotton died in exile before 1588, according to the Concertatio.
Probably the lawyer named Wotton, who arrived at Rheims from Douay, 31 July
1580. (Knox, 168.)
(444) James Hamilton, of Bothwellhaugh. (D.N.B. xxiv. 170; Strype, A. II.
i. 495 ; Knox, 300 ; Gachet.)
(445) John Hamilton, Prior of Bothwell, brother of the above. (D.N.B. xxiv.
170, 195 ; and Strype, be. cit.; Knox; Gachet.)
(446) Adam Gordon, of Auchindoun, occupies some space in The Register of
the Privy Council of Scotland (Barton and Masson), ii. and in. passim.
(447) Ralph Lygon, 3rd s. of William Lygon, ancestor of the Earls Beauchamp,
and Eleanor, his wife, d. of Sir William Dennis, was in 1574 receiving 40 crowns a
month from the King of Spain. His banishment from Spanish territory was de-
manded, 1 Dec. 1574. In 1575 he was in Brussels receiving ,£100 a year. He paid
short visits to England in 1577 and 1579. In 1584 he was still living in Flanders.
His brother Hugh, the 4th son, was a Worcestershire recusant in 1585. (H.S.P.
xxvii. 91 ; Proost ; Knox ; Strype, A. II. i. 279 ; Cal. Dom. 1549, 700; 1581, 279;
Add. 1580, 155, 246.)
(448) Thomas Prideaux, s. of Humphrey Prideaux, of Theuborough, Devon, by
Edith, his 2nd wife, d. of William Hatch, of Aller, was at Antwerp in 1573. By
1 Sept. 1574 he had moved to Ghent, and had sent his wife and daughter on a visit
to his half-brother Richard at Theuborough. Later on in the same month he went
to Spain to obtain a pension. In 1587 and 1591 he is spoken of as a follower of Sir
Francis Englefield. (Vivian, Devon, 618; Strype, A. II. i. 495 ; Cal. Dom 1547,
486; 1591, 40; Add. 1566, 446, 447, 450; Add. 1580, 226.)
(449) Dr. Nicholas Sander, educated at Winchester College. (D.N.B. I. 259.)
(450) Dr. William Allen. (D.N.B. i. 314.)
(451) Dr. Richard Hall. (D.N.B. xxiv. 84)
126 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
4 mr marshall +(452).
5 mrhide +(453>-
6 Mr fenn thelder + (454).
7 mr Stapleton (455).
8 father darbishere Iesuite paris (456).
9 Doctor nicolson paris (457)
10 Cutbert vaux (458).
(II) 1 Dutch +(459)-
2 willm greene + (460).
3 Ihon price + cottons man (461).
4 bremdon +(462).
5 hugh linthwaite + cottons man (463).
6 Richarde ballarde gildriche man (464).
7 Xpofer bank bolmers man (465).
8 edwarde langton doct Sa man (466).
9 thorns Clempsall (467).
(452) John Marshall, educated at Winchester College. (D.N.B. xxxvi. 269.)
(453) Thomas Hyde, educated at Winchester College. (D.N.B. xxvi. 401.)
(454) John Fenn, educated at Winchester College. (D.N.B. xviii. 253.)
(455) Thomas Stapleton, educated at Winchester College. Identical with n.
442 above.
(456) Thomas Darbyshire. (D.N.B. xiv. 49.)
(457) Dr. William Nicholson, miscalled Richard Nicholson in Dodd, was of
Chester diocese, and entering the English College, Douay, in 1573, was ordained priest
on Holy Saturday, 6 April 1577, at Cambrai. He returned to Douay, 9 August 1 577,
and left again 19th August, but soon returned. On 13 Feb. 1577/8 he left Douay
for Cambrai, and on the following 14 March arrived back at Douay from Paris. On
5 April 1578 he arrived at Rheims, but returned almost at once, and again arrived
at Rheims 6 June, departing about 15 June for Namur. Thence he returned to
Rheims and went to Paris 1 Aug., returning again 19 Aug. Then again he went to
Douay, where he appears to have received the degree of D.D. He returned to
Rheims, 7 Jan. 1578/9, and 30 March 1579 left for Paris. On 4 Sept. 1579 he
left Rheims for England, returning 25 Jan. 1579/80 for two days. He again left
29 Jan. 1579/80 for Paris on the way to England, but apparently got no farther, as
he was in Paris in 1580 and 1 581. On 9 June 1583 he arrived at Rheims from
Rome, and left again 25 June. (Knox ; Cal. For. 1579, 251.)
(458) Cuthbert Vaux, according to the Concertatio, was a Licentiate in Theology,
who died in exile before 1588. He was M.A. and Fellow of Queen's College,
Oxford, in 1559, expelled 1560. (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses.)
(459) Jonn Duche, one of the " gard in Q. Marie.s tyme," was an exile at " Lire "
(probably Lille) in Flanders about 1585. He was mace-bearer to Cardinal Allen in
1588. (Knox, 300 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 47, 48, 551, 552.)
(460) William Grene, described as a lawyer and a schoolmaster, was in the
Marshalsea in 1579. He was still there in June 1582, but was discharged before
30 Nov. 1586. It seems, however, that he was merely sent from the Marshalsea to
the Fleet, whence he was transferred to Newgate. He was still in prison 30 Sept.
1588. (Strype, A. II. ii. 661 ; C.R.S. ii.)
(461) John Price, one of the sons of Robert Price, of Newport Pagnall, Bucks,
was a scholar at the English College, Rome, in 1581, and arrived at the English
College, Rheims, 3 Nov. 1582. On the following 14 April Dr. Barret wrote to-
Fr. Aggazario, S.J., that John Price would never be a theologian. According to the
Concertatio he died in exile before 1588. He left Rheims 12 Sept. 1583. (Knox.)
(462) Unidentified.
(463) Hugh Linthwaite. The fact that he was William Cotton's man is confirmed
by Dasent, viii. 119.
(464)^0 (467) .Unidentified.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 127
**(i2) hereford sheere
130 Thomas Bromwich (468).
131 Richard bromwich (469).
132 Roger hardwike (470).
133 william vaughan (471).
134 Richard whittington (472).
135 Vfm Prior (473)
136 Iohn Prior (474).
137 Iohn Guyllym of fawby (475).
138 wm Gwillym (476).
139 Richarde Coxe (477).
140 Antony Elton (478).
141 Iohn heynes (479).
142 Richard heynes (480).
143 Edmond Iones +(481).
144 Antony harper (482).
145 Browne of theschequer (483).
146 lames Rogers (484).
the Citee of hereford a very smale nombere & they
of smale power excepted (485).
(468) Thomas Bromwich, of Hereford, married Eleanor, d. of Jenkyn Pryce, of
Clyro, co. Radnor. (Weaver, Here/. 15.)
(469) Richard Bromwich, the only son of the above, was one of the councillors of
the city of Hereford deemed to be unfavourable to Protestantism in 1564. He was
twice married, viz. to Eleanor, d. of George ap Henry, of Poston, and to Margaret,
d. of William Barkley, of Hereford. (Weaver, Heref. ; Camden Misc. ix. 1 5.)
(470) Possibly Roger Hardwick, of Hardwick, Staffordshire, who married
Eleanor, d. of John Gittins and widow of Edward Corbett. (H.S.P. xxviii. 201.)
(471) William Vaughan, of Clifford, 2nd son of James Vaughan, of Llangattock,
married Jane, d. and h. of Richard Clarke, of Wellington, Herefordshire, and died
1601. (Burke, Landed Gentry, ed. 1906, p. 1717.)
(472) Probably the Richard Whittington, 3rd son of Alexander Whittington, of
Notgrove, Gloucestershire, who married Mary, d. of (? Roger) Hereford, of Sufton,
Herefordshire. {H.S.P. xxi. 270.)
(473) Unidentified. (474) Unidentified.
(475) Tohn Guillim, of Fawley, e. s. of John Guillim, of Fawley, married Mary,
d. of John Burghill, of Thinghill. (Weaver, Heref. 35.)
(476) William Guillim, (4th s.), brother of the above. (Weaver, loc. cit.)
(477) Possibly the person of this name who was later servant to Sir Christopher
Alien, of Kent. {Cat. Dom. 1581, 266, 268.)
(478) Anthony Elton, of Ledbury, married Alice, d. of John Scudamore (n. 252
above), and died 1587 (Weaver, Heref. 26) ; but one of this name was a recusant,
1592. ( Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 265. )
(479) Unidentified. (480) Unidentified.
(481) Edmund Jones, of Marden, and Edmund Jones, of Streatford, were
recusants in the county of Hereford remaining at liberty in 1592. (Cal. Cecil MSS.
iv. 265.)
(482) Anthony Harper, was 3rd s. of William Harper, of Wellington and
Amberley in Marden. (Weaver, Heref 39, 40.)
(483) Robert Browne, created 2nd Baron of the Exchequer 6 May 1550, was
replaced by George Freville in the 3rd month of Queen Elizabeth's reign, but
retained the title of Baron Browne in 1578 when he had Mass said in his house.
(Foss, fudges of England, 470 ; Cal. Dom. Add. 1566, 550, 551.)
(484) Unidentified.
(485) In 1564 Scory reported that twenty-one members of the common council
of the city of Hereford were opposed to Protestantism, and ten "neuters in religion,"
*' So that of the holl counsell or election ther is not on that ys counted favourable
to this religion." (Camden Misc. ix. 14, 15.)
128 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
shrops 147 Corbet sonne & heir
to Sr Andrue Corbet (486).
148 Brian fowler (487).
149 lee (488).
wines 150 Raffe sheldon (489).
151 Rich Dingley (490).
152 tho wrenford (491).
153 Edmond Coles (492).
154 Iohn Richardson (493).
155 Copley (494).
156 william Child (495).
157 Edward Dornel (496).
Cloucs Sr Walter Denyce [crossed out]
158 Denice sonne to Sr Walt (497).
(486) Robert Corbet, s. and h. of Sir Andrew Corbet, of Morton, Vice-President
of the Council of the Marches of Wales, married Anne, d. of Oliver, Lord St. John
of Bletso, and died 1583. (H.S.P. xxviii. 136.)
(487) Brian Fowler, 2nd s. of Rowland Fowler, of Bromhill, Shropshire,
married Jane, d. and h. of John Hanmer, of Bettisfield near Whitchurch, Shrop-
shire. In 1575 he was a J.P. for Staffordshire, and a recusant. On 7 Dec. 1575 he
was committed to the Fleet, but liberated in the following Jan. owing to his health.
He was again liberated from the Fleet on bail 8 May 1581, and in 1592 was of the
manor of Sowe, Staffordshire, and a recusant on bail. {H.S.P. xxviii. 162, 212;
Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 272 ; Dasent, ix. xviii.)
(488) Probably Richard Lee, of Langley, Shropshire, who married Eleanor, d. of
Walter Wrothesley, of Wrothesley, Staffordshire. (H.S.P. xxix. 319.) One of this
name arrived at Madrid 31 May 1574, and received 150 ducats. (Cal. Dom. Add.
1566, 468.)
(489) See n. 105 above. (490) Unidentified.
(491) Thomas Wrenford, or Wranford, of Longdon, Worcestershire, was a
recusant in 1585 and 1592. (Cal. Dom. 1581, 279; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 272.)
(492) Edmund Colles, of Leigh, married (1) Joan, d. of Robert Somerville, of War-
wickshire, and (2) Anne, d. of Robert Townshend, and widow of Humphrey Archer,
of Umberslade, and was a recusant J.P. in 1585, but was continued in commission,
1587, the bishop remarking that he was "a man very meet for his experience in
service." (Strype, A. III. ii. 457.) Member Inner Temple, Nov. 1553, Sheriff of
Worcestershire 1575, M.P. Worcestershire 1597. Buried in Leigh Church, 1606,
aged 76. In 15 July 1609 we find the benefit of the recusancy of " Edmund Coles
of Lye," his grandson, granted to John Carse. (Cal. Dom. 1603, 529 ; M.I.T. 18 ;
Cal. Dom. 1581, 279 ; Metcalfe, Worcester, 2 ; H.S.P. xxvii. 41.)
(493) John Richardson, of Pershore, Worcestershire, entered the Inner Temple
Nov. 1555, and became an utter barrister though suspected of recusancy. He was
son of Conon Richardson. (Nash, ii. 249 ; Cal. Inner T. Pec. I. liv.)
(494) Thomas Copley, of Bredon, Worcestershire, married (1) Margaret, d. of
George Newport, and (2) Eleanor, d. of William Middlemore, of Hacklow. (H.S.P.
xxvii. 45.)
(495) William Child, of Norwick, married Katharine, d. of Thomas Coventry.
He was High Sheriff in 1587, and the Bishop of Worcester remarks that "he is
both wise and wealthy." (H.S.P. xxvii. n ; Strype, A. III. ii. 458.)
(496) Edward Harewell, Harwell, or Horwell, of Besford, J.P. in 1587, and
thought by the Bishop to be "religious," i.e. a Protestant. Married (1) Margaret, d.
of Thomas Neville, by whom he had a daughter, and (2) Elizabeth, d. and h. of
James Bury, of Hampton, Oxfordshire, by whom he had among other issue a son
and h., Edmund, afterwards a K.B. (H.S.P. xxvii. 72 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 457.)
(497) Probably either Richard Dennis, e. s. of Sir Walter, who married Anne, d.
of Sir John St. John, of Bletso (H.S.P. xxi. 51, 52), or Thomas, his second son, who
married (1) Joan, d. of Thomas Bell, of Gloucester : (2) Elizabeth Pauncefoote, of
Hesfield.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 1 29
159 Francis denice (498).
160 liggons that mar the
161 lady boucler (499).
162 henry Cassy (500).
163 Dutton (501).
164 nicolas Sanky (502).
165 George Cachmay (503).
166 Thomas Wilton (504).
13 Gloucsh 167 Giles Dobbins (505).
devon 168 Iustice Whiddon (506).
169 wm whiddon (507).
170 hughe wiot that mar the Erie of bathes sister (508).
171 Norley (509).
Glouc 172 Christopher George (510).
173 Strang of Ciseter (511).
174 yong Mr higford +(512).
(498) Francis Dennis, (3rd s.), brdther of the above, entered the Inner Temple
in Nov. 1560. {MJ.T. 38.)
(499) Probably Hugh Lygon, a Worcestershire recusant in 1585. {Cal. Dom.
1581, 279.)
(500) Henry Cassey was a Gloucestershire recusant living in London in 1585.
He was son of Robert Cassey, of Stratton, Cassey Compton, and Wightfield in
Derhurst, and died 38 Eliz. (Ca/. Dom. 1581, 278, 285 ; Rudder, 404, 709, 726, 839.)
(501) Thomas Dutton, of Sherbourn, Gloucestershire, who married (1) Mary
Maney ; (2) Anne, d. of Stephen Kyston, of London, Alderman, and widow of Sir
Thomas Withers, Knt. ; and (3) [? Elizabeth], d. of [? Robert] Taylor, of Gloucester-
shire, and died 24 Oct. 1581, aged 74. {H.S.P. xxxi. 54 ; Rudder, 650; Strype, A.
II. i. 159) .
(502) Nicholas Sankey, utter barrister of the Inner Temple, had been induced
before 1577 to come to church occasionally. {Cal. Inner T. Rec. I. liv.)
(503) George Catchmaid, or Catchmay, e. s. of William Catchmaid, of Bickswear
in St. Briavel's. (H.S.P. xxi. 242.)
(504) Thomas Wilton, s. and h. of John Wilton, of Dymock, by Eleanor, his
1st wife, d. of Guy Cassey. {H.S.P. xxi. 270.)
(505) Unidentified.
(506) Sir John Whiddon. {D.N.B. lxi. 5.)
(507) William Whiddon, of Chagford, Devon, e. s. of the above, admitted to
the Inner Temple 1553, was twice married, but died s.p. before the death of his
father, which occurred 27 Jan. 1575/6. (Vivian, Devon, 781 ; MJ.T. 15.)
(508) Hugh Wyatt, of Shillingford, Barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple, 2nd
son of Philip Wyatt, Steward and Town Clerk of Barnstaple, entered the Inner
Temple Nov. 1560. Married, 28 Nov. 1566 at Braunton, Lady Mary Bourchier, d. of
John, 2nd Earl of Bath, who died without issue ; and secondly, in 161 4, Mary, d. of
John Hill, of Ide. He was expelled from the Inner Temple for recusancy in 1572,
but conformed, and was readmitted in 1577. (Vivian, Devon, 823; MJ.T. 39;
Cal. Inner T. Rec. i. 267, 291.)
(509) One of the Northleighs, of Northleigh. (Vivian, Devon, 584.) William
Northleigh, (of Ingarley), e. s. of Raymond, entered the Inner Temple Feb. 1546/7.
Richard Northleigh, (of Ingarley), 2nd son, entered the Inner Temple in Nov. 1558 ;
and Leonard, (of Ockington), the 4th son, in Nov. 1564. {M.I.T. 2, 30, 55.)
(510) Christopher George, e. s. of John George, of Baunton near Cirencester,
married Anne, d. of Robert Strange, of Cirencester, and was buried 15 March 1598.
{H.S.P. xxi. 247-9.)
(511) Probably either the last above-mentioned Robert Strange, or his eldest son
Roger. {Ibid. 222.)
(512) Possibly Robert Higford, secretary to the late Thomas, Duke of Norfolk,
whom he betrayed.
XIII. I
130 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
175 Thomas parker (513).
176 Wm Morwent (514).
Bark 177 lames Braibroke (515).
178 Francis yate (516).
179 Yate (517).
180 bourdet (518).
181 Plowden (519).
Oxef 182 Robert Atkinson (520).
(513) Thomas Parker, of Northlatch, married Jane, d. and co-h. of John Moore,
of "Donklin" [? Dunclent], Worcestershire, and widow of James Dingley and
William Ashfield. {H.S.P. xxi. 257.)
(514) William Morwent, of Hartpury, Gloucester, a member of the Inner
Temple 1552, married Elizabeth, d. of William Wyrrall, of English Bicknor. {H.S.P.
xxi. 189 ; M.I.T. 12.)
(515) James Bray broke, of Sutton Courtney, and Brightwalton, Berks, was born
at Abingdon, and was e. s. of Thomas Braybrooke, of Abingdon. He married
Martha, d. of John Yate, of Lyford, and widow of Humphrey Cheyney. Admitted to
the Inner Temple Nov. 1553 he became an utter barrister, and was expulsed for
recusancy in 1572. He was in prison in the Gatehouse in 1581, and was released on
bail 26 June in that year, but was soon sent back again, and remained there till he
was again released on bail on the score of illness, 13 Nov. 1586. Described as of
"Kinston," we find him out on bail in 1592. {H.S.P. lvii. 82, 83 ; Cal. Inner T.
Rec. I. liv. 276; M.I.T. 17 ; C.R.S. ii. 221, 225, 230, 234; Dasent, xiii. 106, xiv.
249 ; Cal. Cecil A/SS. iv. 270.)
(516) Francis Yate, of Lyford, e. s. of Thomas Yate, of Lyford, and grandson of
John Yate (mentioned n. 515 above), a member of the Inner Temple 1554, married
Jane, sister of Sir Benjamin Tichborne, 1st baronet. When the Bridgittine nuns of
Syon left England, 13 July 1559, nine of their sisters remained behind. Of these,
two, Prioress Margaret Daly and Sister Clementia Tresham, died in or about 1561.
The others, including Sister Elizabeth Yate, a daughter of the above-mentioned
Thomas Yate's half-brother James, found a refuge in Mr. Francis Yate's house, and
were in a sense the cause of B. Edmund Campion's capture. Francis Yate was in
prison in London when B. Edmund was taken at his house, 17 July 1581. Mrs.
Yate was at once sent to the common gaol at Reading with the nuns. What eventu-
ally happened to them all does not appear. Francis Yate was probably liberated
before 1587, when his house was raided and many "popish " relics and books found
therein. Described as of " Kencot," he was a recusant " at liberty upon bonds " in
1592. {H.S.P. lvi. 148-150 ; Downside Review, xxvii. 141-2 ; Cal.Dom. 1 581, 61,
384, 385 J Dasent, xiii. 136, 145 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 270 ; M.I.T. 20.)
(517) Either Edward Yate, 3rd son, brother of the above, who was arrested
with B. Edmund Campion and sent to the Gatehouse, where he was 8 April 1584,
and died without issue. {H.S.P. lvi. 150 ; C.R.S. ii. 225, 230, 235.) Or else John
Yate, of Buckland, brother of Sister Elizabeth the nun, who married Mary, d. and h.
of William Justice, merchant of Reading, and died before 1584, a Catholic, either in
prison or released on bail. One of the sons of John and Mary Yate, John, took the
name of Vincent, and was a missionary in Brazil in 1593. The eldest son Edward
(called Edward Hare by Berry) married Jane, one of the sisters of William Gifford,
Archbishop of Rheims, and had a son Edward, created a baronet 30 July 1622. The
youngest son Thomas lived for a long time abroad, but had returned to England
before 1584. {H.S.P. lvi. 149 ; Cal. Dom. 1591, 355 ; Berry, Hants, 285 ; Cokayne,
i. 205.)
(518) Possibly the Clement Burdett, late of Bath, an unlearned priest, who in the
latter part of 1562 (see n. 415 above) was restricted to Crondall, Hants, or Sonning,
Berks. {Cal.Dom. Add. 1547, 523.)
(519) For Edmund Plowden, see D.N.B. xlv. 428, and Gillow, v. 325.
(520) Robert Atkinson, of Oxfordshire, admitted to the Inner Temple Nov. 1554,
became an utter barrister, and in 1569 was brought before the Star Chamber on the
ground of recusancy, and confessed that he had not been to church much in term-
time since he began to practice, and had only twice received the communion, once at
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 131
183
Thomas Grenwod +(521).
184
Napper (522).
waresh
185
foliot (523).
186
francis foliot +(524).
187
Robert with (525).
Glouc
188
Alexander whithed + (526).
Sussex
189
wm Shelley (527).
190
Richard Shelley (528).
the beginning of the reign, and once in 1568 at " Ethrop," i.e. doubtless Tythrop, in
Oxfordshire. He was accordingly disbarred, and expelled from the Temple in 1570.
It appears likely he was the Atkinson living as a student in Paris in 1580. In 1586
it was reported that Robert Atkinson was determined to come into England between
Whitsuntide and Midsummer. Possibly he is the Robert Atkinson, of Borstal),
Bucks, a musician, in trouble in August 1586. (Cal. Inner T. Rec. i. l.-liv. 266;
Cal. For. 1579, 251 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 324 ; Dasent, xiv. 210, 214.)
(521) Thomas Greenwood, of Oxford, Counsellor-at-law of the Inner Temple,
was in trouble at the same time as the above, gave very similar answers, and met
with the same fate. He married Joan, d. of Edward Napper, of Holywell, Oxford.
He is probably the Thomas " Grimwell," of Oxford, a recusant at liberty in 1592.
(H.S.P. v. 256 ; Cal. Inner T. Rec. I. l.-liii. 266 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 270.)
(522) William Napper, of Holywell, Oxford, brother of Joan mentioned in the
note above, married Isabel, d. of Edmund Powell, of Sandford, and was a recusant
at liberty in 1 592. (H.S.P. v. 254 ; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 270.)
(523) Probably Thomas Folliott, e. brother of the next, who married Katharine,
d. of William Lygon, of Madresfield.
(524) Francis Folliott, of Pirton, Worcestershire, was 2nd son of John Folliott,
by Elizabeth Ellenor, d. of John More, of " Donklen " [? Dunclent]. He entered the
Inner Temple in Nov. 1557 and became an utter barrister, sometime suspected of
recusancy, but reduced to occasional conformity before 1577. In 1580 a Folliott of
Worcestershire was in Paris. (H.S.P. xxvii. 55 ; Cal. Inner T. Rec. I. liv. ; Cal.
For. 1579,250.)
(525) Robert W'ithe, 2nd s. of John Withe, of Droitwich, b. 1523 ; M.P. Droit -
wich 1554-71 ; admitted to the Inner Temple 1549, called to the Bench, Reader
1572, Treasurer 1576. Died at Droitwich, 1586. (H.S.P. xxvii. 150 ; M.I.T. 7.)
(526) Alexander Whitehead entered the Inner Temple in Feb. 1546/7 from
Tewkesbury, was a counsellor-at-law of the Inner Temple, reported as a recusant in
1585. (Cal. Dom. 1 581, 284 ; Cal. Inner T. Rec. I.)
(527) See n. 98 above.
(528) Probably Richard Shelley, M late of Warminghurst," Sussex, who was one
of those suspected of popery in 1576. He was 2nd son of Edward Shelley, of
Warminghurst, and brother of Ven. Edward Shelley. He was of Alcanning, Wilts,
and married Katharine, d. of Thomas Devenish, of Kelinglye, Sussex. (Berry,
Sussex, 67 ; Strype, A. II. ii. 22.) He is still called Richard Shelley, of Warming-
hurst, and Findon, when he was committed to the Marshalsea, 13 August 1580
(Dasent, xii. 253), and indeed it was through him that the plaintiff in " Shelley's
case " claimed. On 24 August 1582 Mass was being said in his chamber by the
venerable martyr William Hartley. He was still there 8 April 1584, but appears to
have been liberated soon afterwards. (C.R.S. ii. 221, 231, 233, 235.) He was, it
appears, again in prison in 1592. (Cal. Cecil MSS. ix. 264.) It is important to dis-
tinguish him from the Richard Shelley who in the list of the Prcetermissi is called
Robert (Calk. Encyl. v. 478), and who was committed to the Marshalsea, 15 March
1584/5. This was the 3rd son of John Shelley, of Michaelgrove, Clapham, Sussex
(Berry, Sussex, 62), and brother of William Shelley (n. 98 above). He was for some
time abroad with his uncle, Sir Richard Shelley, but was given permission to return
in May 1583. (Strype, A. III. i. 188.) The story of the petition presented to
Parliament is told in Strype (A. III. i. 432 to 434, and cf. Cal. Dom. 1581, 231), and
differs from that told by Challoner, inasmuch as, according to Strype, it was presented
to Parliament, and not to the Queen. He seems to have seen the petition, and his
account is therefore to be preferred to that of Peter Penkevill. (Pollen, 283-4.)
132 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
191
Iohn Shelley (529).
192
Edward Cavell (530).
193
Iohn gage (531).
Glouc
194
hungerford (532).
hamsh
195
althe whittes (533).
george Cotton before set on (534),
196
norton (535).
197
Welles (536).
Oxef
198
michael nashe (537).
Essex
199
wiston browne (538).
hamsh
Sr Robert Oxenbrig and (539)
200 his sonne (540).
This Richard Shelley was still in the Marshalsea 21 Oct. 1585 {Cal. Dom. 1581,
276), where he died soon after the beginning of February 1585/6.
(529) John Shelley, 2nd s. of John Shelley, of Michaelgrove, and brother of the
Richard Shelley last above mentioned, was of Hawford Darcy, Huntingdonshire, and
married Eleanor, d. of Sir Thomas Lovell, of Harling, Norfolk, by whom he was the
father of Sir John Shelley, one of the first eighteen baronets. (Berry, Sussex, 62.)
(530) Edward Caryll, of Harting, Sussex, who was knighted 11 May 1603, and
died 12 Jan. 1609, aged 72. His 2nd wife was Philippe, d. of James Gage, of
Bentley in Framfield, Sussex. (Berry, Sussex, 359.)
(531) See n. 99 above. Another George Cotton, cousin of the one noted above,
was a Hampshire recusant in 1592. {Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 271.)
(532) Anthony Hungerford, of Down Ampney, Sheriff of Gloucester in 1585,
married Bridget, sister of John Shelley (n. 366 above). (H.S.P. xxi. 89 ; Cal. Dom.
1581.)
(533) For the Whites of Southwarnborough, see Berry, Hants, 295, and for the
Whites of Southwick, see ibid. 194, and Notes and Queries, 10th S., vi.
(534) See n. 77 above.
(535) Probably John Norton, of Norwood, Kent, who married Eleanor, sister to
William, Richard, and John Shelley, of Michaelgrove (nn. 98, 528, 529).
(536) Gilbert Wells, of Twyford and Brambridge, eldest of the five sons of
Thomas Wells by Mary, daughter of John Mompesson, of whom the Ven. Swithun
Wells was the youngest, was sent to Newgate as a recusant in 1582, and transferred
to the Marshalsea 21 Dec. 1583. In 1588 we find him imprisoned at Wisbech. In
1592 he was a recusant at liberty. In March 1593/4 he was ordered to be confined at
Ely, but it is not clear that he actually went. On 19 Dec. 1596 order was made that
as he could not come to London with the other recusants to be committed to Banbury
and Ely without danger of life, owing to his age and weakness, he was to be confined
to his house. He was still living in July 1598. He married (1) Alice, d. of Sir
Thomas Delalind ; (2) Isabel, d. of Nicholas Demaryne ; and (3) Elizabeth, d. of
Robert Coker, of Mapowder, Dorset. (Berry, Hants, no; C.R.S. ii. 221, 233,
235; Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 270; Strype, W. i. 529 ; Dasent, xxvi. 372, xxviii. 589 ;
Cal. Dom. Add. 1591, 463.)
(537) Michael Nash, of Old Woodstock, s. and h. of John Nash, married a
daughter of Huband, of Ipsley, Warwickshire. (H.S.P. v. 218.)
(538) Weston Browne, of Rookwood Hall, or Colvile Hall, Essex, entered the
Inner Temple Nov. 1553, was Sheriff of Essex in 1577, and suspected of recusancy
in 1578, though he denied it. He married (1) Mary, d. of Sir Edward Capel.
of Hadham, Hants, and (2) 1578, Elizabeth, d. of Lord Giles Paulet (n. 9 above).
He seems to have died in 1591. (H.S.P. xiii. 167 ; Dasent, x. passim ; M.I.T. 16 ;
Cal. Dom. 1591, 186.)
(539) Sir Robert Oxenbridge, of I Iurstbourne, Hants, knighted 1549, a son of
Sir Godard Oxenbridge, K.B., by his 2nd wife, married Alice, d. of Sir Thomas
Fog, of Ash, Kent, and widow of Edward Scott. He was Constable of the Tower,
and died 17 Nov. 1574. (Berry, Hants, 214-5).
(540) His son Robert entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1 561, and married Barbara
d. of Sir Thomas White, Master of the Requests. (M.I.T. 44.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS I33
Somerset
201
Walter Siddenham (541).
202
John Siddenham (542).
Yorke
203
Richard frankleyn (543).
turne to the 18 leife ***
(14)
Knights in Inglande
Hereford
Sr Tho Baskervile (544).
Hereford
Sr lames Baskervile (545).
Herefordsh
Sr Richard Walwin (546).
4i
Sr henry Sidney (547).
42
Sr lames Crofts (548).
43
Sr Xpofer Allein (549).
44
Sr william dormar (550).
45
Sr waiter Denier (551).
46
Sr Robt Oxenbridge (552).
47
Sr lames dier 1 chief Iustice (553)-
Cheshire
48
Sr peter legh (554).
(541) Walter Sydenham, 3rd s. of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton, entered the
Inner Temple November 1559. In 1587 Lady Sydenham and her eldest son's wife
were recusants. (Weaver, Somerset, 77 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 462 ; M.I.T. 32).
(542) John Sydenham, of Langford Budville, married Katharine, d. of Thomas
Newton, of Swell. (Weaver, Somerset, 78.)
(543) Possibly the " Mr. Franklin, of Yorkshire, a gentleman of ,£500 a year,"
mentioned Cal. Dom. 1591, 485 ; cf. also 451, 536, 542.
(544) Sir Thomas Baskerville, 3rd son of Sir James Baskerville, was knighted
19 Oct. 1553. He married Eleanor, d. of Richard Abington, of Brockhampton, and
widow of John Dantsey, and probably died soon after the list was drawn up. (Shaw,
ii. 68 ; Weaver, Heref. 2, 7, 8.)
(545) Sir James Baskerville, eldest brother of the above, was knighted 24 Nov.
1547. He married Elizabeth, d. of Walter, Viscount Hereford. In 1564 he was a
justice of peace, deemed neuter in religion, and he died s.p. in 1573. (Shaw ii. 63 ;
Weaver, Heref. 7, 8 ; Camden Misc. ix. 13.)
(546) Sir Rickard Walwyn, of Llantrithyd, Glamorganshire, was knighted 20 Oct.
1 5 53> and was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire 1559. (See n. 331 above.) (Shaw,
269 ; Nicholas; ii. 598.)
(547) Sir Henry Sidney. {D.N.B. lii. 210.) There seems to be no ground for
supposing he had Catholic sympathies.
(548) Sir James Croft. (D.N.B. xiii. no.)
(549) Sir Christopher Alleyn, eldest son of Sir John Alleyn (Alderman of London
for the Vintry and Lime Street Wards, Lord Mayor in 1525 and 1535, Privy
Councillor, and Founder of the Mercers' Chapel in Cheapside, destroyed in the
Great Fire), was knighted 2 October 1553. He was M.P. for New Romney in 1562.
He married Etheldreda, one of the daughters of the first Lord Paget of Beaudesert,
and died towards the end of 1585, in which year his house, Ightham Mote, in Kent,
was searched for relics and priests. By his father's will, dated 3 Aug. 1 545 and proved
15 Jan. 1S45/6, he had succeeded to various lands and manors in Nottinghamshire and
Yorkshire. His widow was a recusant in 1587, and may possibly be the "uxor
cujusdam Allani ordinis equestris atque civis Eboracensis " of C.P.S. v. 193. (Shaw,
ii. 66 ; Strype, A. III. ii. 597 ; Archceologia Cantiana, xxiv. 197 ; Surtees Soc, Publ.
cvi. 289 ; Banks, Extinct Peerage, ii. 410.)
(550) For Sir William Dormer, see Burke's Peerage.
(551) Unidentified.
(552) See n. 539 above.
(553) Sir James Dyer. (D.N.B. xvi. 286.)
(554) Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme, knighted II May 1544. married Margaret, d. of
Sir Thomas Gerard, of Bryn, and died 6 Dec. 1589. (Shaw, ii. 54 ; Lancashire and
Cheshire Pec. Soc. lviii. 142.)
*34
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Heretikes.
Erles of huntington.
Warwick.
leicester.
bedforde.
$ penbroke.
$ darby.
Sussex.
Rutlande.
Shrosberye.
Lincolne.
hartforde.
Essex.
I
lorde houseden.
2
lorde montioye.
3
lord darcy essex.
4
lorde north.
5
lorde rich.
6
lorde evers.
7
lorde delaware.
8
lorde of bukhurst.
9
lorde burleigh.
• )
IO
baron hilton.
1
ii
baron of redgrave. bakon.
12
lorde graye.
heretiks.
Yorks
Sr thorn's gargrave.
Norff
Sr Wm butts.
North
Sr Iohn foster.
Suff
Sr Owen hopton.
Kent
Sr Thorns litton — (
Yorksh
Sr oswald wilstrop.
Sr Raulfe Sudley.
Sr francs Knowles.
Kent
Sr ed Nailer.
essex
Sr Walter Miliner.
Sr Thorns Gresham.
Sr thon parrett.
(15)
Protestants of hereford sheere.
Sr lames Whitney,
hughe Parry,
lames warmecombe.
Wm Tomkyns.
Iohn Garnance.
Wm Garnunce.
♦♦*
x6)
a
Sr lames dier 1 Chieffe lust ad pi. (553)
+ 204 Iustice welshe (555).
(555) F(>* John Walsh, Justice of Common Pleas, who died 1572, sec Foss, fudges
of England^ v. 542.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 135
-f 205 Iustice weston (556).
206 Iustice harper (557).
+ 207 Iustice Corbet (558).
208 seriant wraie (559).
Kent 209 seriant lowels (560).
210 william latesham (561).
211 Andrue Grey (562).
212 Peter Grey (563).
213 hanchet (564).
214 Underhil (565).
215 henry Darcy mar to M1 Dymocks sister (566).
(556) For Richard Weston, Justice of Common Pleas, who died 6 July 157-2, see
D.N.B. lx. 364, and Foss, op. cit. 543.
(557) For Richard Harpur, Justice of Common Pleas, who died 29 Jan. 1576/7.
see Foss, op. cit. 496.
(558) For Reginald Corbet, Justice of Queen's Bench, who died in 1566, see
D.N.B. xii. 203, and Foss, op. cit. 475.
(559) Fo* Sir Christopher Wray, see D.N.B. Ixiii. 75, and Foss, op. cit. 546.
(560) No Kent Lovells appear as recusants ; but in 1587 Thomas Lovel was a
magistrate of Norfolk suspected and " reckoned to be backward in religion " (Strype,
A. III. ii. 460), and in 1592 Robert Lovell, of Beech Amwell, Norfolk, Esquire, was
a recusant at liberty {Cat. Cecil MSS. iv. 268). They were the first and third sons
respectively of Sir Thomas Lovell, of East Harling, who died in 1567. (Blomefield,
i. 323.) Robert was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, 19 Dec. 1564 (Rec. of Line. Inn,
Adm. i. 72). Cf. note 67 above.
(561) William Lottisham, of London, was admitted to the Inner Temple in
November 1554, and is frequently mentioned in the Records. (M.I.T. 20; Cat.
Rec. I.T. i. 244, 260, 261, 263, 269.)
(562) Andrew Gray, of Albury, Herts, entered the Inner Temple in Feb. 1552/3,
and was a recusant in 1569, but eventually conformed. He was called to the Bench
1574, was Autumn Reader the same year, Double Reader in Lent 1583, and Treasurer
1585. He died 13 January 1614/5, aged 85, and was buried at Hinxworth. {M.I.7\
16; Cal. Rec. I. T. I. passim ; Cussans, Hertfordshire, Hundred of Odsey, 12.)
(563) Perhaps John Gray, of Bisley, Herefordshire, who entered the Inner Temple
in Nov. 1564, became a barrister, and was disbarred for recusancy in 1572. (M.I.T.
53; Cal. Rec. I.T. I. passim.) One John Gray, of Preston, in Suffolk, was sent to
the Marshalsea, 2 January 1577/8, where he was in 1577, 1579, 1584, 1585, and
1588, and in 1593 nad been in prison for nearly twenty years. (C.R.S. ii. 232, 235,
240,283; Strype, A. II. ii. 661, III. ii. 600, IV. 261.) Another of this name,
described of St. Saviour's in Southwark, was a recusant at liberty in 1592. (Cal.
Cecil MSS. iv. 271.)
(564) Probably [? Thomas] Hanchet, of Braughing, Herts, father of the Thomas
Hanchet who entered the Inner Temple in- Nov. 1578, and was Sheriff of Herts 1591
and 1602. {M.I.T. 86 ; H.S.P. xxii. 63.)
(565) William Underhill, e. s. of William Underhill, of the Inner Temple, Bar-
rister-at-law, and of Idlicote and New Place, in Stratford-on-Avon, who died in 1570,
sold New Place to Shakespeare, 4 May 1597, and died poisoned, 6 July 1597. He
had married his 1 st cousin, Mary, d. of Thomas Underhill, of Eatington. (See Herald
and Genealogist, ii. 1 30-1 32. )
(566) This Henry D'Arcy is unidentified. Another Henry D'Arcy (e. s. of Hon.
Sir Arthur D'Arcy, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 3rd s. of George, 1st Baron
D'Arcy) entered the Inner Temple in November 1555, and was knighted 21 Aug.
1565 at Kenilworth by the Earl of Leicester. He was of Bremham, Yorks, and
Leighton, Huntingdonshire, for which latter county he was a justice of the peace.
He married (1) Catherine, d. of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, and (2) Catherine, d. of Sir
John Fermor. In 1581 he with others was ordered to search Mr. Price's house at
Washingley in Huntingdonshire for Ralph Emerson, and for books "and other
superstitious stuffe" belonging to B. Edmund Campion. (Shaw, ii. 71 ; Burke,
Peerage (ed. 1907), 460; M.I.T. 24; Dasent, xiii. 153 ; Cal, Dom. 1581.)
136 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
216 Edward herbert brother to the Erie of Pembroke
(567).
Thomas Bery 1 (568)
Iones [■ (569) clerks of the Prevey Seale.
oseley J (570)
Cliffe clerke of signet (571).
Sr Peter lighe (554).
manering of Pever (572).
217
218
219
220
Chess f
I
221
Lane
222
[ Iohn Culchete (573).
I P*
223- Peter Langton (574).
224 I Io Urmeston (575).
Staff 225 J Aston (576).
226a manoring of whitmore (577).
227 I Brian fowler (578).
Brecknock 228 j Richard Price (579).
229] Philip havard (580).
230 [ Iohn hide (581).
Radnor 231 Thomas Lewis (582).
(567) Sir Edward Herbert, who was knighted 9 Sept. 1574, was of Powis Castle,
and married Mary, d. and h. of Thomas Stanley, of Standon, Herts, Master of the
Mint, by whom he became the father of William, 1st Baron Powis. He died 23 March
1 ^94. (Burke's Peerage, under Pembroke and Powis.)
(568) Unidentified.
(569) Robert Jones, Clerk of the Privy Seal in 1566 and 1569, and Keeper of
the Council Chamber in 1572. {Ca/. Dom. Add. 1566 ; Dasent, viii. 75.)
(570) Richard Oseley is frequently mentioned as a Clerk of the Privy Seal in Ca/.
Dom. Add. 1566 and 1580. In 1592 he was living at Hertford. {Cat. Dom. 1591,
285.) For a priest of this name, see C.R.S. ii. 253, 256.)
(571) John Cliff was Clerk of the Signet in 1557. {Ca/. Dom. 1547, 90.)
(572) Philip Mainwaring, of Peover, married Anne, d. of Sir Ralph Leicester, of
Toft, Cheshire. (H.S.P. xviii. 166.) In 1592 his e. s. Randall was a recusant.
(Ca/. Ceci/MSS. iv. 240.)
(573) J°hn Culcheth, of Culcheth, married Cecilia, d. of Sir Thomas Southworth
(n. 36 above), and died 1574. (C.R.S. iv. 205; MisceUanea Gen. et Her. N.S.
ii. 212.)
(574) Peter Langton, of the Lowe in Hindley, was the father of Robert and
Edward Langton, who were recusants in 1592. Robert married a sister of Mrs.
Philip Mainwaring (see n. 572 above). (Chetham Soc. Pub/, lxxxv. 174 ; C.R.S. iv.
209 ; Ca/. CecU MSS. iv. 241, 2.)
(575) John Urmston, e. s. of Richard Urmston, of West Leigh, married Mary,
d. of John Culcheth (n. 573 above), and died 1632. He was Gentleman of the Horse
to Edward, Earl of Derby, who died 1574. (Chetham Soc. Pub/, xxxi. 155, Ixxxviii.
319.)
(576) For the Aston family, see Clifford, Parish of Tixa// (Paris. 1817), pp. 145
sqq. It is uncertain to whom reference is here made. Possibly John Aston, who
entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1554. (M.LT. 21.)
(577) Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore, married Jane, d. of Matthew Cradock,
of Stafford, and was buried 8 Nov. 1604. (Burke, Landed Gentry (edit. 1906), 1109.)
(578) Brian Fowler (see n. 487 above).
(579) Richard Price, of the Priory, Brecon, was High Sheriff of Breconshire in
1564 and 1570. (Nicholas, i. 104.)
(580) Probably a son of Thomas Havard, of Pontwilym, High Sheriff of Brecon-
shire 1549 and 1555. (Ibid.)
(581) Possibly John Hvde, the e. s. of William Hyde, of Urmston Hall, Lanca-
shire. (C.R.S. iv/217.)
(582) Probably Thomas Lewis, of Harpton, High Sheriff of Radnorshire in 155 1,
M.P. for Radnorshire 1563 and 1585. (Nicholas, ii. 916, 919.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 1 37
Radnor 232 ( Iohn Lewis (583).
233 1 W1" Lewis +(584).
Monmth
234 ( Thomas morgan (585).
235] IoCoxe +(586). '
36^ morgan +(587).
Glamorg 237 J Mansel second br (588).
238 t Edward Kemys (589).
London 239 f Thomas Anderson (590).
240 Nicolas hare (591).
241 < Raffe hare (592).
242 Symon Egerton (593).
243 \ Thomas Gardener (594).
Somers 244 Poole (595).
245 f Thomas Marret (596).
246 ( Edmond Sander (597).
(583) John Lewis, of Presteigne, Radnor, entered the Inner Temple Nov. 1567.
One John Lewis, of Norton, Herefordshire, was a recusant at liberty in 1592. {Cal.
Cecil MSS. iv. 265 ; M.I. T. 64.)
(584) Unidentified.
(585) Thomas Morgan. {D.N.B. xxxix. 31 ; N. &> Q., 10th S., ix. 183.)
(586) Possibly Tohn Cook, M.P. for the borough of Monmouth 1563. (Nicholas,
ii. 765.)
(587) Probably Polydore Morgan, as to whom see N. 6° £?., 10th S., ix. 183.
(588) Hugh Mansel, 2nd son of Sir Jenkin Mansel, married Jane, d. of and
co-h. of Richard Owgan, of Kent. (Burke, Peerage (edn. 1907), 1114.)
(589) Edward Keymes, of Keven-mably, was High Sheriff of Glamorganshire
in 1575, 1585, 1595, and 1605. (Nicholas, ii. 598, 599.) One Edward Keymes was
in the Tower for religion in 1582. {C.R.S. ii. 228.)
(590) Thomas Anderson, b. about 1529, eldest son of Edward Anderson, of
Flixborough and Roxby, Lincolnshire, entered the Inner Temple in P'ebruary
1 549/5° with his brothers Richard and Edmund, the latter of whom became Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas. He was of Castlethorpe in the parish of Broughton,
and married Helena, d. of George Dallison, of Laughton. {H.S.P. i. 19, 25 ;
M.I.T. 9.)
(591) Nicholas Hare, e. s. of John Hare, of London, mercer, entered the Inner
Temple in February 1547/8, and was called to the Bench in 1574, and was Treasurer
in 1584. He was also M.P. for Horsham, resigning 1589. He purchased the Stow
Bardolph estates and spent ,£40,000 in 1589 on a mansion. He also erected a
mausoleum adjoining the church at Stow. In 1587 he was a magistrate of Norfolk,
"reckoned to be backward in religion." He died unmarried, 1591. (Strype, A.
III. ii. 460; M.I.T. 4.)
(592) Ralph Hare, (2nd son), brother of the above, entered the Inner Temple
February 1550/1, and was called to the Bench 1568. He succeeded to his brother's
estates, and died unmarried 1601.
(593) Unidentified.
(594) Thomas Gardiner, of Cripplegate Without, was a recusant in 1592. He
married Katharine Bembo, of Devonshire. {Cal. Cecil MSS. iv. 267; H.S.P.
xv. 299.)
(595) No Somerset recusant Poole or Pole is known ; but for Geoffrey Pole, of
Lordington Racton, Sussex, see Ar. 6° Q., nth Series, Hi. 45, 112, 154.
(596) Probably Thomas Marriott, of Bretforton, Worcester, who entered the
Inner Temple in Feb. 1550/1, was called to the Benchj 1567, and was Reader in
1567 and 1577, and Treasurer 1578. ( M.I.T. II.)
(597) Edmund Sander (e. s. of Sir Thomas Sander, knighted 4 Edward VI.,
Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer, of Charlwood, Surrey, by Alice, d. of
Sir Edmund Walsingham, Lieutenant of the Tower of London) married Philippa,
sister of John Gage (nn. 99, 388 above), and died 15 November 161 5, aged 74.
(Berry, Surrey, 46 ; H.S.P. xlv. 18.)
I38 TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
247
Walsingam Sander (598).
248
Thomas Balvairte (599).
249
and his brother (600).
250
William Skynner (601).
251
George Skynner (602).
252
Sheckesborowe (603).
253
Charles fewilliams & (604).
254
his brother (605).
255
Brocas (606).
Some totalis 429 gent
Knights 48
lords 15
Notingh
256
Edwarde Whaley caled balde wh (607).
yle man
Turbuck of lancashire
captaine of too castles in man (608).
(598) Walsingham Sander (2nd s.), brother of the above, died unmarried. He
entered the Inner Temple in November 1561. {M.I.T. 42.)
(599) Possibly Thomas Baldwin who was in the Tower 27 May 1586 and 30
November 1586, for dealing with the Queen of Scots and receiving and conveying of
her letters. {C.K.S. 239, 261, 263.)
(600) Unidentified.
(601) William Skinner, of Shelfield, Warwickshire, e. s. of Anthony Skinner,
was a Catholic, a favourer of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a harbourer of priests, whose
house was searched in January 1583/4. He married Alice Oldenhall. {H.S.P.
xii. 295 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 152.)
(602) George Skinner was a Suffolk recusant in 1577. {Cat. Dom. 1566, 527.)
(603) Probably one of the Warwickshire Shuckburghs, of whom a pedigree is
given H.S.P. xii. 345. Possibly John, 3rd s. of Thomas, who entered the Inner
Temple in 1555, and married Elizabeth Combes. {M.I.T. 23.)
(604) Charles Fitzwilliams entered the Inner Temple Feb. 1548/9 from Clay-
worth, Notts. {M.I.T. 7.)
(605) Edward Fitzwilliams entered the Inner Temple from Clay worth, Notts, in
Nov. 1556. {M.I.T. 27.)
(606) Bernard Brocas, of Horton, Bucks, s. and h. of Robert Brocas, of Little
Brickhill, entered the Inner Temple in Nov. 15 55, and was M.P. for Buckingham
1557. He married Anne, d. and h. of Sir Robert Pexhall, and died 1589.
{M.I.T. 24.)
(607) Probably one of the 25 children of Richard Whalley, of Kirkton, Notts, as
to whom see D.N.B. lx. 399.
(608) In 1 570 Edward Tarbock was Captain or Governor of the Isle of Man.
See A. W. Moore's History of the Isle of Man (London, 1900), ii. 976.
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 1 39
SECOND LIST.
Catholi.
Northumbrland (i).
Shrewsburry (2).
Darby & his sonne the Lo: Straunge (3) (4).
Arundell & his ij brethren the Lo Audly & the Lo
Wm haward (5) (6) (7).
Worcester & his Sonne the Lo harbord (8) (9).
Westmorland (10).
Lo Vaux & his sonns (n)-(i5).
Lo montaioy & his sonne (16) (17).
Lo pageat (18).
Wyndsor & his brethren (19) (20).
Lo mordyant (21).
Lo harry haward (22).
Lo dacers of the nothe (23). /
Lo Sturton & his brethren (24)-(26).
(1) Henry (Percy), 8th Earl of Northumberland. (D.N.B. xliv. 409.)
(2) George (Talbot), 6th Earl of Shrewsbury. (D.N.B. lv. 314.)
(3) Henry (Stanley), 4th Earl of Derby, one of the Commissioners for the trial
of Mary, Queen of Scots. (D.N.B. liv. 71.)
(4) Ferdinando (Stanley), 5th Earl of Derby. (D.N.B. liv. 67.)
(5) Philip (Howard), 1st Earl of Arundel of the Howard family. (D.N.B. li. 52.)
(6) Thomas (Howard), Lord Audley of Waldem, afterwards 1st Earl of Suffolk.
(D.N.B. 1. 71.)
(7) Lord William Howard. (D.N.B. 1. 79.)
(8) William (Somerset), 3rd Earl of Worcester, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. (D.N.B. liii. 247.)
(9) (Edward (Somerset), 4th Earl of Worcester. (D.N.B. liii. 231.)
(10) Charles (Neville), 6th Earl of Westmorland. (D.N.B. xl. 245.)
(11) William (Vaux), 3rd Baron Vaux. (D.N.B. lviii. 196.)
(12) Henry Vaux, e. s. by his first wife of the preceding, was a prominent
Catholic, who died without issue in 1587 or 1588. (Cal. Dom. 1581, 61, 239, 242, 368.)
(13) George Vaux, 2nd son, e. s. by the second wife, was of Pabenham, Beds,
and married Elizabeth, d. of Sir John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham, by whom he
became the father of the 4th Baron. He died 13 July 1595. (Cokayne.)
(14) Edward Vaux, 3rd son, died without issue.
(15) Ambrose Vaux, 4th son, died without issue.
(16) James (Blount), 6th Baron Mountjoy. (Cokayne.)
(17) William (Blount), 7th Baron Mountjoy. (Cokayne.)
(18) William (Paget), 4th Baron Paget. (D.N.B. xliii. 63.)
(19) Frederick (Windsor), 4th Baron Windsor. (Cokayne.)
(20) Henry (Windsor), 5th Baron Windsor. (Cokayne.)
(21) Lewis (Mordaunt), 3rd Baron Mordaunt, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Cokayne.)
(22) Lord Henry Howard, afterwards Baron of Marnhull, and Earl of Northamp-
ton. (D.N.B. xxviii. 28.)
(23) Edward Dacre, see n. 12 to first list.
(24) John (Stourton), 6th Baron Stourton, one of the Commissioners for the trial
of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Cokayne.)
(25) Edward (Stourton), 10th Baron Stourton. (Cokayne.)
(26) Charles Stourton (3rd s.), brother of the two preceding, entered Exeter
College, Oxford, 3 Dec. 1575, aged 14, and supplicated for the degree of B.A., 15
Dec. 1576.
140
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
indifferent
Lo Lumley (27).
Lo Wharton (28).
Lo Bartley (29).
Lo Shefyld (30).
Lo morley (31).
Kyldare & his Sonne the Lo garrot (32) (33).
Lo Compton (34).
Rutland earle (35).
Oxford „ (36).
Bathe „ (37).
Lyncolne ,, (38).
Cumbrland„ (39).
Cobam lo (40).
Shandoys Lo (41)
mounioy lo (42)
delaware lo (43).
Charles haward lo (44).
bramley lo chancelor (45).
Cheny lo (46).
Dakars of the Southe (47).
.Marquys of Southampton (48).
(27) John (Lumley), 6th or 7th Baron Lumley, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. {D.N.B. xxxiv. 272.)
(28) Philip (Wharton), 3rd Baron Wharton. (Cokayne.)
(29) Henry (Berkeley), 3rd, 7th, or 17th Baron de Berkeley. (Cokayne.)
(30) Edmund (Sheffield), 3rd Baron Sheffield, afterwards 1st Earl of Mulgrave.
{D.N.B. Hi. 11.)
(31) Edward (Parker), 12th Baron Morley, one of the Commissioners for the trial
of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Cokayne.)
(32) Gerald (Fitzgerald), nth Earl of Kildare. {D.N.B. xix. 123.)
(33) Gerald Fitzgerald, one of the Commissioners for the trial of Mary, Queen of
Scots, styled Lord Gerald, who died in 1580. (Cokayne.)
(34) Henry (Compton), 1st Baron Compton, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Cokayne.)
(35) Edward (Manners), 3rd Earl of Rutland, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. {D.N.B. xxxvi. 48.)
(36) Edward (de Vere), 17th Earl of Oxford, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. {D.N.B. lviii. 225.)
(37) William (Bourchier), 4th Earl of Bath. (Cokayne.)
(38) Edward (Clinton), 1st Earl of Lincoln of the Clinton family. {D.N.B. xi. 91.)
(39) George (Clifford), 3rd Earl of Cumberland, one of the Commissioners for the
trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. {D.N.B. xi. 59.)
(40) William (Brooke), 10th Baron Cobham. (Cokayne.)
(41) Giles (Bridges), 3rd Baron Chandos. (Cokayne.) (42) See n. 16 above.
(43) William (West), 1st Baron De la Warre. (Cokayne.)
(44) Charles (Howard),. 2nd Baron Howard, of Effingham, and 1st Earl of
Nottingham, one of the Commissioners for the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots.
{D.N.B. xxviii. 1.)
(45) Sir Thomas Bromley, one of the Commissioners for the trial of Mary, Queen
of Scots, Lord Chancellor. {D.N.B. vi. 400.)
(46) Sir Henry Cheney, one of the Commissioners for the trial of Mary, Queen of
Scots, Baron Cheney de Toddington. (Cokayne.)
(47) Gregory (Fiennes), 10th Lord Dacre of the South. {D.N.B. xviii. 428.)
(48) It is not clear whether this refers to Henry (Wriothesley), 2nd Earl of South-
ampton, who was a Catholic {D.N.B. lxiii. 152), or to John (Paulet), 2nd Marquess
of Winchester. (Cokayne.)
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS 141
Sr Wm Baptorp & his Lady (49).
Sr Wm Maldey & the L Ingleby his Aunt (50) (51).
Sr Rychard Stapleton (52).
Sr Thorn's Garrat & his Lady (53).
Sr Wm Catsby & his Lady (54).
Sr Thorn8 Tressam & his Lady (55).
Sr Thorn's fytz harbard (56).
Sr George peccam & his Lady (57).
Sr Iohn Godwyne (58).
Sr Edward harbard S: his Lady (59).
Sr Wm Bruerton & his Lady (60).
Sr George hastings & his Lady (61).
Sr Xpofer browne & his Lady (62).
Sr Nycolas Poynes & his Lady (63).
(49) See n. 39 to first list.
(50) and (51) Sir William Mallory, knighted 18 July 1560, 2nd s. of Sir William
Mallory, of Studley, Yorks, was the brother-in-law of Anne, widow of Sir William
Ingleby, of Ripley, Yorks ; but by his wife Ursula, d. of George Gale, of York, Master
of the Mint there, he had a second son William, who may be the person here intended.
(Foster, G.V. Y. 157 ; Shaw, ii. 71.)
(52) Sir Richard Stapleton, knighted 2 Oct. 1553, was son of Sir Brian Stapleton,
of Carleton, Yorks, by Elizabeth, d. of Henry Lord Scrope. He married (1) Thoma-
sin, d. and h. of Robert Amadas, Master of the Jewel House to King Henry VIII.,
and (2) Elizabeth, d. and co-h. to John Mering, of Mering, and died 27 Eliz. (Foster,
G.V.Y. 332; Shaw, ii.67.)
(53) See n. 30 to the first list.
(54) Sir William Catesby, of Lapworth, Warwickshire, knighted in 1575, married
Anne, d. of Sir Robert Throckmorton, of Congleton, and was the father of Robert
Catesby, the conspirator, and died 1598. {D.N.B. ix. 281-2.)
(55) Sir Thomas Tresham. {D.N.B. lvii. 204.)
(56) Sir Thomas Fitzherbert. (See n. 52 to the first list.)
(57) Sir George Peckham. (D.N.B. xliv. 189.)
(58) Sir John Godwin or Goodwin, knighted in 1570 at Eythorpein Waddesdon,
Bucks, at William Dormer's house, by the Earl of Leicester, at the Queen's command,
was a J. P. for Bucks, and one of the two Commissioners appointed to inquire after
recusants, &c, in that county in 1592. He was High Sheriff in 4th, 15th, and 29th
Eliz. He married Anne, d. of Sir William Spencer, and was buried at Woburn, 16
May 1597. (Bferry, Bucks, 71 ; Shaw, ii. 74; Cal. Dom. 1591.)
(59) Sir Edward Herbert. (See n. 567 to first list.)
(60) Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, Cheshire, knighted at Leith, Sunday, 11
May 1544, by the Earl of Hertford, married Margaret, d. of Sir John Savage.
(Shaw, ii. 54; H.S.P. xviii. 42.)
(61) Sir George Hastings, of Loughborough, knighted 21 Aug. 1565, or in 1575,
was a J. P. for Leicestershire, was supposed to be hostile to Queen Elizabeth in 1 583,
and (Shaw, ii. 72, 77 ; Cal. Dom. 1581, 220, 275, 354) seems to be identical with
George Hastings, 21st Earl of Huntingdon, as to whom see Cokayne.
(62) Sir Christopher Browne, knighted in 1566, was a J.P. for Oxfordshire. His
wife was a recusant, liberated from the Tower 9 April 1578. (Dasent, viii. 168, x.
204, xiv. 56, 309 ; Shaw, ii. 72.)
(63) Sir Nicholas Poyntz, K.B., 15 January 1558/9, was son of a Sir Nicholas
Poyntz mentioned in the 1st vol. of Dasent, and in Letters and Papers Hen. VIII.,
in and after 1535, by Joan, d. of Thomas, Lord Berkeley. His sister Frances, who
died 1576, married Sir John Berkeley, K.B., of Beverston Castle, Gloucestershire,
who died 18 Oct. 1582, and was the mother of Dame Joanna Berkeley, first Abbess
of the English Abbey of the Glorious Assumption at Brussels (as to whom see Gillow,
i. 201). He married (1) Anne, d. of Sir Ralph Verney, and (2) Margaret, d. of
Henry, Earl of Derby. (Shaw, i. 153; Rudder, 214.)
143
TWO LISTS OF INFLUENTIAL PERSONS
Sr Rychard Barteley (64).
Sr Iohn Arundell (65).
Sr Iohn Conwey (66).
Sr Iohn Peter & his Lady (67).
Sr Iohn Baker & his Lady (68).
Sr ffrauncis Inglefyld (69).
Sr Wm wynter (70).
Prot:
Lecester
huntington
Warwyke
Bedford
Kent
hunsdone
Tresorer
Buckhurst
crnwell
walsingame Knight
Knoles Knight
Gray of Wilton
Russell lord
(64) Sir Richard Berkeley, created K.B. 15 Jan. is 58/9, s. of Sir John Berkeley,
of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, by Isabel, d. of Sir W. Dennis, of Dysham,
Gloucestershire, married Elizabeth, d. of William Rede. (Shaw, i. 153; Weaver,
Somerset, 6.)
(65) Sir John Arundell. (See n. 22 to first list.)
(66) Sir John Conway, of Arrow, Warwickshire, knighted 1 8 July 1 560. {D.N.B.
xii. 57.)
(67) Sir John Petre, afterwards 1st Baron Petre. (Cokayne.)
(68) Sir John Baker is unidentified (but see n. 108 to first list).
(69) Sir Francis Englefield. (D.N.B. xvii. 372.)
(70) Sir William Wynter, knighted Sept. 1 573 at Gillingham. (D.N.B. xii. 220 ;
Shaw, ii. 75.)
NO. Ill
A NARRATIVE OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE
VEN. THOMAS HOLLAND, S.J., 1642
CONTRIBUTED BY THE REV. EDWARD ROBERT JAMES
The following account of the martyrdom of Father Thomas Holland, priest
of the Society of Jesus, is a translation from a very rare Portuguese
pamphlet, written by an English Catholic who was present at the execution,
and published at Lisbon on June 10, 1643, that is within six months of the
martyr's death. It is most probably the first printed account of the
martyrdom of Father Holland.
The copy, perhaps the only copy extant, from which this translation is
made, is in the possession of His Majesty, Don Manuel II., King of Por-
tugal. {Real Bibliotheca d'Ajudil, 55, ii. 26, Papeis Vart'os, No. 13. As
this library is strictly private, I have to thank Sr. Ramalho Ortigao, His
Portuguese Majesty's Librarian, for permission to translate it, and also Sr.
Cardoso de Bethencourt, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences,
Lisbon, for assistance in translation.) Owing to the clumsy way in which
this pamphlet was bound with other printed matter, part of the last line of
the first three pages, and the whole of the last line of page 4, have been cut
off. My searches for an integral copy in several libraries, public and pri-
vate, of Lisbon, have been unsuccessful. As this narrative will be seen on
perusal to differ in some details from Dr. Challoner's notice,* which was
based on the Latin life of Fr. Holland,! published at Antwerp in 1645, a
few notes have been added, calling attention to the chief differences.
E. R. J.
Relacab da Ditosa morte do Padre Thomas Hollanda, sacerdote
de Companhia de Jesus, Ingres de nacab, e natural da Provincia de
Lencestre no Reyno de Inglaterra. Escrivoa hu Inglez Catholico,
que se achou presente.
Foy prezo o Padre Thomas Hollanda na cidade de Londres, corte
dos Reys de Inglaterra, e metropoli daquelle Reyno (menor theatro
nab bastava pera as facanhas de tab illustre cavalleiro de Christo).
Esteve preso seis somanas : chegou o tempo de huma das quatro
audiencias geraes do anno : foi levado a juizo, entre ladroes e malfei-
tores, pera que nem esta gloria de padecer por Christo lhe faltasse ;
com valor gazoso aparaceo diante dos Juizos : fizerab lhe varias per-
guntas, entre outras, se era sacerdote? respondeo, que quern por tal
o acusava, que lho provasse, que elle estaria pellos autos, e leys do
Reyno, porem os acusadores, que erab quatro, jurarab somente, que o
haviab visto estudar em Castella pera sacerdote, mas que nab sabiab si
o era. Pore q sabiab que prometiab os que estudavab en taes casasj
collegios de o serem pella doutrina e estudo, que nelles recebiab. Com
tudo os juizes por estas sospeitas somente fulminarab sentenca de
morte contra o valeroso soldado de Christo, nem esperarab replica, ne
* Memoirs of Missionary Priests (Manchester, 1803), vol. »• PP- 125-8.
f Certamen triplex.
144 A NARRATIVE OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE
treplica, ne embargos, ne admittarab defesa alguma contras as leys do
Reyno. A forma da sentenca foy a sequinte.
Por quanto a este tribunal lhe consta serdas sacerdote^ mandamos que
morrais por traidor, conforme as leys do Reyno. Tornareis ao lugar
donde viestes, que he a cadea de JVeugate, e de la saireis a arrastar por
traidor ao rabo de cav alios, pellas ruas publicas, ate o lugar de Tiborne, e
ahi sereis enforcado e meyo vivo vos lancardo abaixo . . . arancarao o
corafao e o mostrar ao povo e entranhas com elle serao lanfadas no/ogo, e
vosso corpo esquartejado e os quartos pendurados pellas portas de Londres.
Pronunciada a sentenga, levantou o servo de Deos os olhos e as
mabs ao Ceo, e deo gragas a divina Magestade pella merce que lhe
fazia de dar a vida pela confissab de sua Fe Romana e Apostolica : e
logo com sembrante de vencedor disse pera os juizes, " liberalmente
vos perdoo tab injusta sentenga, dada somente por sospeitas e leves
indicios, contra as leys do Reyno, e tambem perdoo as testemunhas,
que jurarab contra mim, porem nab permitta Deos que no tremendo
tribunal de dia do Juizo nab clame meu sangue contra vos." daqui o
levarab outra. ves a cadea, em hum sabado dez de Setembro de 1642.
Passou o restante deste dia, e o Domingo seguinte com visitas de
Religiosos e outras pessoas de grande calidade, q por sua devogab o
hiab visitar. A segunda feira dose do dito mes dissa missa na prisab
a comungou a muytas pessoas devotas q concorrerab pera o ver, e ouvir
sua practica e doutrina. Pellas oito horas da mesma manhaa chegou
a Justica, com grande estrondo e estrepito criminal, e o tirarab de
cadea, e deitarab em hum carrinho baixo de altura de hum palmo de
chab, sobre huma pouca de palha e depois de o amarrarem bem, o
forab arrastando por dous cavallos pellas ruas publicas, ate o lugar
onde padecem os malfeitores ; chegou a Tiborne, lugar de seus trium-
phos, e posto que muyto enlameado, a lama lhe parecia gala : o algoz
o desamarrou do carro, que verdadeiramente pera o servo de Deos foy
carro triumphal, deste subio a outro mais alto, prevenido ja pella
justiga, donde com cortes alegria fez suas continencias aos senhores e
senhoras Catolicas, e aos mais que erab muytas, e povo sem conto.
Logo pedia licenga aos ministros da justiga pera mostrar em publico a
sem rasab comque o matavab, contra as leys do Reyno, e pera se des-
pedir daquelle povo. Tanto que hum dos ministros lhe acenou com
a licenga, elle em alto voz pedio attengab e comegou huma practica
admiravel. " Comecemus (disse elle) pello sinal da Cms, que os Cal-
venistas entranhavelmente aborrecem e . . . esta nossa gloriosa acgab
pera que tenha o fim que desejamos. Em nome do Padre e do Filho,
e do Spirito Santo, tres pessoas e hum so Deos verdadeiro. Ha neste
auditorio quern se escandalise deste sinal ? " aqui parou hum pouco, e
tanto que vio que ninguem lhe respondia, proseguio seu arresoado, e
provou com textos e pontos do direito concludentemente, como fora
condendado sem algum genero do prova. E logo tornou de novo a
pedir attengab e a perguntar : " Ha neste auditorio alguem que me
visse obrar cousa mal feita, ou contra Deos, ou contra el-Rey ? "
Depois de parar e ver que ninguem respondia, disse : " aqui tern logar
o nosso vulgar proverbio quern calle consente ; todos logo confessais que
morro innocente e contra direyto, sem prova juridica? Pois agora,
VEN. THOMAS HOLLAND, S.J., 1 642 145
quero eu declarar quern sou, meu estado, minha profissab, e minha
ventura.
" Eu sou sacerdote, posto que indigno de Companhia de Jesus,
Religiab que he coluna de Fe Romana e Apostolica, em que somente
ha salvagab. Eu sou o Padre Thomas Hollanda, deste illustre nagab :
sou natural da Provincia de Lencester, bem conhecido nella pellos
Catolicos Romanos, porque de meu nascimento fuy sempre Catolico
Romano ; nesta vivi sempre, nella espero morrer, porque assi como nab
ha mais que hum so Deos, assi nab ha mais que huma so Fe, em que
ha salvagab, esta he somente a Romana, que nossos antepassados por
tantos annos professarab, com huma prodigiosa e continua successab
de espantosas e milagrosos successos, como testemunhab tantos annaes
anglicanos. Neste me cor; robor — ei [«V=corroborei] mais em Es-
panha, Allemanha, Franca, Flandres e outras provincias onde estudei
muyto de vesas todos os fundamentos da verdadeira religiab, e sempre
achei que os das contrarias erab falsos, e so os da Romana verdadeiros,
e que so nella podia haver salvagab."
Aqui desfez algums dos fundamentos da falsa ceita de Calvino, mas
hum ministro della lhe interrompeo o discurso, e bradou : " Senhor
Hollanda, pare vossa merce, pera que sab tantas rasoes? Cuidarab
os rudes, que ouvem esse sua doutrina, que verdadeira;" e logo
entendeo com os ladroes que morriab en companhia do servo de
Deos e os perverteo ainda mais . . . -stas ao impio pregador, e
sua doutrina, e levantando as mabs e rosto pera o Oriente, esteve
immobil por um quarto em profunda contemplagab : depois se
tournou a virar, e em alta e sonora voz disse : M Senhor meu e
Deos meu, vos me criastes e remistes com vosso precioso sangue, eu
vos dou infinitas gramas por todos os merces que me fizestes, e agora
particularmente por esta de dar a vida pella profissab e confissab da
vossa Fe Romana e Apostolica ; eu vos torno a vida e alma que me
destes. Oh ! quern tivera muytas mais pera vos sacrificar ! quern por
vosso amor padecera todos quantos tormentos padecarab vossos invictos
martyres ! "
E porque o algoz hia facendo seu officio, meteo a mab na algibeira,
e tirou humas moedas embrulhadas en hum papel, e lhas meteo na
mab, dizendo que perdoasse, que nab tinha mais, que sempre vivera
como pobre de Christo. O algos lhas aceitou com o chapeo na mab.
Logo o defendor da Fe Romana se pos de joelhos no carro, emque
ultimamente havia de triumphar, com os olhos no norte, e em alta voz
fez a Deos a ultima recommendagab da sua alma, e lhe pedio perdab
pera seus inimigos, e lhe encomendou com notavel affeito, e forga de
espirito a redugab da Inglaterra. Depois de rogar a Deos por todos,
se tornou alevantar em pe, sitto e postura de capitab triumphante na
morte gloriosa. Logo os algoses darab hum agouta nos cavallos, que
partindo, ficou o servo de Deos pendurado no ar, com as maos postas
no Ceo, sem fazer no rosto esgar algum, antes vestio hum sembrante
ainda mais sereno e alegre.
Meyo vivo o cortarab abaixo e o despirab nu, e o abrirab pellas
peitos, e lhe arrancarab o coragab, que vinha palpitando, e como
triumphando. O algoz o mostrou ao povo com a custumada cere-
XIII. K
146 A NARRATIVE OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE
monia e solemes palavras, dizendo "vedes aqui o coraQab de hum
traidor, e Deos guarde o el-Rey," e o deitarab no meyo de huma
fogueira, que preparado tinhab, com os entranhas juntamente, e depois
fizerab o corpo em quatro quartos que dependurarab pellas portas mais
principaes da cidade, pera que aquelles tropheos da Fe Romana, fossem
de todos mais vistos e tab alto os levantarab. ...
Foy este cruel execu^ab sentida dos Hereges : e com ella gragerab
os Juizos pera si odio e malevolencia e pera o cavalleiro de Christo
gloria, e eterna fama. Forab comigo presentes tres sacerdotes, fdra
outras muytas pessoas Catolicas en Londres a 12 de Dezembro de
1642.
Esta relagab confirmarab de pois en este Reyno algiias pessoas, que
assistarab nesta fermosa accab do servo de Deos, Thomas Hollanda,
que na verdade foy hum aspectaculo de honra pera Deos, de esforca
pera os Catolicos, e de pasmo pera os hereges. Na divina bondade
esperamos que seu sangue vertido pellas prac^as de Londres, por teste-
munha da Fe Romana, tome a consegrar aquelle grande cidade, e todo
aquelle Reyno na verdadeira crenga e Religiab, que seus mayores outro
tempo patentemente professarab.
Em Lisboa.
Na onicina de Lourenca de Anveres,
10 de Junho de 1643.
Translation
Account of the happy death of Father Thomas Holland, priest
of the Society of Jesus, Englishman by birth, and a native of the
Province of Lancashire, in the kingdom of England. Written by an
English Catholic who was present.
Father Thomas Holland was arrested in the city of London, court
of the Kings of England, and metropolis of that kingdom. (A lesser
theatre [than London] was not sufficient for the prowess of so famous
a knight of Christ.) He was in prison six weeks.* When the time
of one of the general quarter sessions came round, he was taken to the
judge between thieves and malefactors, in order that not even this
glory of suffering for Christ should be wanting to him. He appeared
with courage and pleasure before the judges, who put to him various
questions, among others, if he was a priest ? He answered that he
who accused him of such must prove it against him ; that he would
submit to the acts and laws of the kingdom ; but his accusers (who
were four) swore only that they had seen him studying for a priest in
Castile, t but did not know if he was one; moreover, they knew that
they who studied in these houses and colleges, engaged to be priests
in return for the science and study which they received there. On
these suspicions only the judges passed sentence of death on the brave
soldier of Christ, without waiting for a reply, or sur-rebut, or legal
* Challoner says he was apprehended on October 4, i.e. nearly ten weeks before
s the date
probably
his death. Perhaps the date assigned by Challoner is a misprint for November 4
t Valladolid is probably referred to.
VEN. THOMAS HOLLAND, S.J., 1642 147
exception, or admitting any defence, against the laws of the kingdom.
The form of the sentence was as follows : —
Whereas at this court it has been proved against you that you are a
priest, we command that you shall die as a traitor conformably to the
laws of the kingdom. You shall return to the place whence you came
{which is the prison of Newgate), and you shall be taken out to be dragged
as a traitor at the tails of horses through the public streets to the place of
Tiborne, and here you shall be hanged, and they shall cut you dotvn while
half alive,* . . . they shall tear out your heart and show it to the
people ; your entrails shall be cast with it into the fire, and your body
quartered, and the quarters hung on the gates of London.
The sentence being pronounced, the servant of God raised his eyes
and hands to heaven, and gave thanks to the Divine Majesty for the
grace bestowed on him, of laying down his life in confession of the
Roman and Apostolic Faith j and presently with the countenance of
a conqueror, he said frankly to the judges : " I pardon you so unjust
a sentence, given only on suspicions and slight evidences, against the
laws of the kingdom ; and I also pardon the witnesses who have sworn
against me; and may God permit not my blood to cry out against
you in the tremendous tribunal of the day of judgment." From here
they took him again to the prison, on a Saturday, the tenth of Sep-
tember t of 1642. He passed the rest of this day and the Sunday
following in visits from Religious and other persons of high quality,
who out of devotion \ came to visit him. On Monday, the twelfth of
the said month, he said Mass in prison, and communicated many
devout persons who had come to see him and to listen to his discourse
and instruction. At eight o'clock of the same morning the officers of
justice arrived with great noise and criminal uproar, and took him from
prison and put him in a low hurdle of the height of a palm from the
ground, on a little straw ; and after fastening him well, they began to
drag him by two horses through the public streets to the place where
malefactors suffer ; he arrived at Tiborne, the scene of his triumphs,
and although he was covered with mud, the mud seemed to him an
ornament. The executioner took him from the car, which certainly
for the servant of God was a triumphal car ; from this he mounted a
higher triumphal car, the judges being already there assembled ; and
from there he bowed politely and cheerfully to the Catholic men and
women, and to the rest, who were many, and an innumerable people.
Then he asked the ministers of justice for permission to set forth to
the people the unreason of their putting him to death against the laws
of the realm, and to take his leave of the people. As soon as one of
the ministers nodded permission, he called in a loud voice for atten-
tion, and commenced an admirable discourse. " Let us begin (he
said) with the sign of the cross, which the Calvinists heartily detest,
* Four or five words are here cut off.
f This is evidently a misprint for December. The trial was held at the Old
Bailey on December 7, and it was not until the 10th that the recorder pronounced
sentence of death against him. — Challoncr.
X q por sua devoffib o hiab visilar, may mean M who out of their devotion to him
came to visit him," or " who in consideration of his devotion," &c. The Portuguese
use of ' • sua " is often ambiguous.
148 A NARRATIVE OF THE MARTYRDOM OF THE
and ... * this our glorious action, that it may attain the end which we
all desire. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, three persons and one only true God. Is there any one in this
audience who is scandalised at this sign ? " Here he paused, and
seeing that no one answered him, he continued his speech in his
defence, and proved conclusively with texts and points of law that he
had been condemned without any kind of proof. Then he called
again for attention and asked : " Is there any one in this assembly
who has seen me do any evil deed, either against God or against the
king ? " After waiting, and seeing that no one answered, he said :
"Here our common proverb is exemplified, 'Silence gives consent';
then all of you confess that I die innocent and against the law, without
juridical proof. Now, then, I wish to declare who I am, my state, my
profession, and the course of my life.
"I am a priest, though unworthy, of the Company of Jesus, a
religious order which is a column of the Roman and Apostolic Faith,
in which alone is salvation. I am Father Thomas Holland, of this
illustrious nation ; I am a native of the province of Lancashire, well
known there by the Roman Catholics, since from my birth I have
always been a Roman Catholic. In this (faith) I have always lived,
in it I hope to die ; because as there is one only God, so there is one
only faith, in which is salvation ; this is the Roman Faith which our
forefathers for so many years professed, with a wonderful and con-
tinuous succession of marvellous and miraculous events, as so many
English annals testify. I have been confirmed in this (my faith) in
Spain, Germany, France, Flanders, and other lands, where I have
studied very seriously all the fundamental principles of true religion ;
and I have always found that the fundamental principles of contrary
[religions] were false, that those of the Roman Faith were the only
true ones, and that in it alone could salvation be had."
Here he confuted some of the principles of the false sect of Calvin,
but a Calvinist minister interrupted his discourse and bawled out :
" Mr. Holland, hold your peace ! to what purpose is all this reason ?
Ignorant people who hear your doctrine will believe that it is the
truth ; " and then he spoke with the thieves who were to die in com-
pany with the servant of God, and perverted them still more with t • . .
[and Father Holland . . .] to the impious preacher and his doctrine ;
and raising his hands and (turning) his face towards the East, he stood
immovable for a quarter (of an hour) in deep contemplation ; then
he turned round and in a high and sonorous voice said : " My Lord
and my God, you created me and redeemed me with your precious
blood. I give you infinite thanks for all the graces you have bestowed
on me, and now especially for this grace of laying down my life in
profession and confession of your Roman and Apostolic Faith. I
return to you the life and soul which you gave me. O would that I had
many more lives to sacrifice to you ! Would that, for love of you, I
* Here several words are cut off ; perhaps they were u beg God's blessinr
on," &c.
t Probably " with psalms"; the prison chaplain, says Challoner, sang psalms
with the two malefactors who were to die that day. About nine words are cut off,
VEN. THOMAS HOLLAND, S.J., 1642 149
could suffer all the torments which your invincible martyrs have
suffered ! "
As the executioner was about to do his duty, [the servant of God]
put his hand into his pocket and drew out some coins wrapped up in
paper, and put them into the (executioner's) hand, saying that he
pardoned him, that he had no more, that he had always lived as a poor
man of Christ. The executioner received them with hat in hand.
Then the defender of the Roman Faith knelt down in the cart, in which
he was at last to triumph, with his eyes turned to the North, and in a
loud voice made the last commendation of his soul to God, and asked
pardon for his enemies ; and with remarkable affection and with all his
soul he prayed for the return of England [to the faith]. After praying
to God for all he rose on his feet, like a captain triumphing in a glorious
death. Then the executioners whipped the horses, which, in going
away, left the servant of God suspended in the air, with his hands lifted
up to heaven,* and his face showing no sign of contortion, but on the
contrary his countenance was more serene and joyful.
They cut him down while half alive, t and stripped him and cut
open his breast and tore out his heart, which came forth palpitating
and, as it were, triumphing. The executioner showed it to the people
with the usual ceremonial and solemn words, saying, "See here the
heart of a traitor, and God save the king," and then flung it, together
with the entrails, into the middle of a fire which had been prepared,
and then they cut the body into four quarters, which they hung on
the principal gates of the city, in order that these trophies of the
Roman Faith might be seen by everybody ; and they placed them so
high... J
This cruel execution grieved even the heretics, and brought hatred
and malevolence on the judges, and glory and eternal fame to the
knight of Christ. There were present with me three priests, besides
many other Catholics, in London on the twelfth § of December 1642.
This account has since been confirmed here in this country by
several persons who assisted at this beautiful action of the servant of
God, Thomas Holland, which in very truth was a spectacle of honour
to God, of encouragement to the Catholics, and admiration to the
heretics. We hope through the Divine goodness that his blood, spilt
in the public squares of London, in testimony of the Roman Faith,
may consecrate that great city, and the whole of that kingdom in the
true creed and religion which its ancestors in other times openly
professed.
Printed at Lisbon by Louren^o de Anveres; 10 June 1643.
* as mobs postas no Ceo; Challoner says, "his hands all the while joined before
his breast."
t Challoner says : " The minister would have had the hangman cut the rope
before he was dead ; but Jack Catch was more humane than the parson, and lie
delayed till the pious soul was let loose from the body ; and then he performed the
the usual butchery."
X The whole of the last line is cut off.
§ Here, as above, the date is given according to the Julian Calendar, which was
in use in England until September 3, 1752. According to the present, i.e. Gregorian
Calendar, the proper date is ten days later, that is, the twenty-second of December.
NO. IV
PAPERS FROM THE COURTFIELD MUNIMENTS
CONTRIBUTED BY JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS
I HAVE lately concluded the laborious but interesting task of examining and
calendaring" the large and important collection of ancient muniments pre-
served at Courtfield, near Ross, in the county of Hereford. Courtfield has
been, since the reign of Elizabeth, the seat of the Vaughan family, one of the
elder branches of the great Herbert sept. The present head of this branch
is Colonel Francis Baynham Vaughan, J. P., K.C.P., to whom I am indebted
for permission to print the following papers.
In 1 72 1 John Vaughan of Courtfield, lord of Welsh Bicknor, inherited
the adjoining manor of Ruardean, co. Glouc, together with the manor of
Abenhall, one-third of Mitcheldean, and other lands in Gloucestershire ; as
also the manor of Cleiro and lands in Radnorshire. This inheritance was
from the family of Vaughan of Ruardean, who, though staunch Catholics
and near neighbours, were of Breconshire origin, and an entirely distinct
race from their namesakes of Courtfield.* Most of the documents here pre-
sented for the first time to the public relate to the Ruardean Vaughans.
They are arranged as follows : —
A. A series of papers concerning the indictment in 1641 of Dame Joan
Vaughan of Ruardean (widow of John Vaughan of Kinnersley, co. Heref.,
who was jure uxoris of Ruardean), for the treason-felony of harbouring a
priest. The priest was John t Broughton, who was chaplain to Dame Joan,
and also acted as her Steward. We have a few particulars about him from
the Ruardean Court Rolls, followed by a Petition of John Vaughan on behalf
of his mother, the accused lady. Then, after sundry minor items, comes
Case for Counsel's Opinion, with learned counsel's opinion duly set out.
The Instructions for Pleadings to the Indictment follow, and afterwards the
Chief Justice's reversal of his warrant to arrest the defendant. The set of
documents concludes with the King's mandate {Nolle exequi) under the
Royal sign manual, to stay execution of sentence in case the accused lady
was found guilty.
B. Letter from John Jones of Dingastow, co. Monm., esq., to Richard
Vaughan of Courtfield, esq. (whose sister, Mary Vaughan, was married to
Mr. Jones), dated in 1642. It gives warning that a new Commission is to be
held in Monmouthshire for laying fresh burdens upon the Catholics.
C. Two receipts, dated in 1684-5, f°r legacies bequeathed by John
Vaughan of Courtfield to the Benedictines of Douai and to the Franciscans.
D. A letter, dated in 18 13, from John Brydges to Mr. William Vaughan
of Courtfield, claiming kinship in a female line and making reference to well-
known Catholic families. The writer was evidently not a Catholic. His
anxiety to show himself worthy of recognition as a kinsman is almost
pathetic.
* See The Vaughans of Courtfield, by the present writer. Sands & Co.,
London, 19 12.
t Not Thomas as stated by Sir John Maclean (History of the Manors of Dene
Magna and Abenhall).
PAPERS FROM THE COURTFIELD MUNIMENTS 151
I. PAPERS IN THE CASE OF DAME JOAN VAUGHAN AND
FATHER JOHN BROUGHTON
Dame Joan Vaughan was imprisoned in Gloucester Castle on the above
charge. It is, however, clear that her friends were able to bring sufficient
influence to bear upon the King to secure her liberation. Indeed, Charles
the First and Charles the Second were always glad to save the life of a
Catholic — even of a priest — if the political situation allowed them to ignore
Puritan pressure.
The reader will observe the King's autograph signature at the head of
the Royal mandate, reproduced here in facsimile.
"Dame Joan," as she is traditionally styled, was a daughter of Thomas
Baynham of Clowerwal (now Clearwell) in the parish of Newland, co.
Glouc, esq., lord of the manors of Ruardean, Mitcheldean and Abenhall
in that county, by his wife Mary, daughter of Sir William Winter, knt. The
said Thomas was a younger son of Sir George Baynham of Clowerwal,
knt., by his wife Cecily, daughter of Sir John Gage, knt. {Visit. Glouc,
1623, ed« Harl. Soc. xxi. 14, 15.) Cecily was Sir George's 2nd wife. Her
father, Sir John Gage, was of Firle, co. Sussex, and was a K.G. ; her mother
was Philippa, daughter of Sir Richard Guldeford or Guildford, another
Knight of the Garter. The Gage family was Catholic, but lapsed soon after
attaining to peerage rank. They represent the old Catholic family of Hall
of Highmeadow in Newland. The surname Baynham is a corruption of
the Welsh Ab Einion.
John Broughton {verc Crowther) was born in co. Salop, 1589, eldest son
of Arthur Crowther by his wife Mary Broughton. {Visit. S/irops.y 1623;
ed. Harl. Soc. xxviii.) He was professed a Benedictine at St. Gregory's,
Douay, in 1609, was sent to St. Lawrence's, Dieulouwart, and thence to the
mission in the South Province. He suffered imprisonment in London, and
on his release laboured in Gloucestershire. He was Provincial of Canter-
bury, 1625-9. In his old age he retired to the Abbey of Lambspring, and
died there 14 Mar. 1658. In religion he bore the additional name Mark.
(Snow, Necrology O.S.B.) John Crowther had two brothers, Thomas
and Arthur, and four sisters. Arthur was born in Montgomeryshire, and
became a Benedictine priest {ibid.). Their paternal grandfather was
Thomas Crowther, whose wife's maiden surname was Baldwin. {Visit.
Shrops., p. 22.)
Mary Broughton was dau. of Geoffrey Broughton by his wife Alice,
dau. of John Stevenson. Geoffrey was 7th son of Thomas Broughton by
his wife Katherine, dau. and heir of Edmund Hodnett. The last-named
Thomas was son of Walter Broughton of Broughton. {Visit. Shrops., pp.
83-84. See also Gillow, Diet. Engl. Cath., i. 603.)
The Middlesex Records, vol. iii., contain a list of 1430 persons against
whom proceedings were to be taken for recusancy in 1640. Among them
are many residents of St. Clement Danes, and four of these are stated to
have proffered a writ of Certiorari in the King's Bench, returnable at Christ-
mas in the year above mentioned. Of these four, the first two are Edward,
Lord Harberte, and John Vaughan, gentleman. There can be little doubt
that the lastnamed was Dame Joan Vaughan's son, whom in the following
papers we find forwarding the cause of his mother's defence with so much
energy and success.
John Broughton witnesses several deeds (now among the Courtfield
muniments) executed by and for Dame Joan Vaughan at Ruardean. That
he was a resiant in the manor of Ruardean appears from an entry on the
Court Roll of 1633, when the Homage present that John Broughton, gent.,
ought to have a wain way for the fetching of his hay, to a place called the
Cinderhill.
152 PAPERS FROM THE COURTFIELD MUNIMENTS
On a blank space in the Court Roll of 1636 is an obscure memorandum :
"query Mr. Broughton about the bootes."
In 1638 the Homage say as follows : —
"We doe prsent Mr John Braughton for tackinge in to his howse one
Mr ganseford, * and did not first geue securitie to saue the prish harmles
according To a standinge paine of this Corte of fortie shilinges.
" We doe order and apoynt that the s<l Mr John Braughton shall pvt
away the sd Mr Ganseford or to geue securiti to saue The parish harmles be
fore the first Day of May next vpon payn of xls."
Probably Mr. Gainsford was a youth residing with the priest for purposes
of education. His family were then of Grosmont in Monmouthshire, but
had come from Sussex in Elizabeth's reign. The removal was doubtless on
religious accounts, this branch having remained Catholic. Its present
representative is W. D. Gainsford, esq., of Skendleby, co. Line, a member
of this Society. J. H. M.
I. PETITION TO RESPITE THE FINDING OF THE BILL
To the Right ho'ble sr Robert Heath knight his Mats Justice of assise
for the Countye of Glouc1*.
The humble Petition of John vaughan gent. Shewing that hee
hath some cause to beeleeve that a bill of Indictm* is lykely to bee
prferred against his mother by one [blank] Graye att this assisses for the
releiving receaveing or harboring of one John Broughton al's Crowder
whoe the prsecutor doth suggest is a semenary priest and thereby
draweth in question yor petitioners mothers life & estate. Now foras-
much as there is not any prffe more then the prsecutors owne that the
said Broughton is a priest or that his mother hath any waye releved or
harbored hym contrary to the lawe neyther is hee on his mothers behalf
prvided to make any Defence being altogether Ignorant of the law in
this point wch tendeth to her vtter overthrow
In tender considerac'on whereof maye yt please yor good lo: to
afford to yor petitioner on the behalf of his mother whoe is a very
weake & sickley gentlewoman tyme vntill the next assisse to make her
lawfull Defence & in the meane tyme that the finding of the bill against
her maye bee respited other wise her life & fortune & the Ruine of her
many children whoe hath no subsistance but from her will fall vppon
them, wch by yor lo. goodnes hee hopeth may lawfully bee prvented
And yor petr &c.
On the other side is "An abstracte of Rentall giuen my Mother by m1'
Broughton in Martch 25. 1641." The account refers to Ruardeane, Litle
Deane, Westbury, and Blakeny in the county of Gloucester, Aston in Caple
in the county of Hereford, and Clyrowe with Cleeve in the county of Radnor.
There are also the words: " borrowed of my brotr to Aid my Mother 81#"
On the third side of the paper are accounts relating to a forge or iron-
foundry, to March 1640, crossed out. On the fourth side is an endorse-
ment : " The abstracte of my Mothers Rents, 164 1 — with the actfc of Receypts
and Payements at Mychellmas : 1641 : and the wholl busines of her Gloster
Troubles," with a few further figures.
* Recti Gainsford.
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2. SUMMONS TO BRING THE PRISONER UP FOR TRIAL
[On an &vo sheet of 'paper .]
london. Exa Joh'em Broughton nup1' de London Cl'ic'm al's Dom'
Joh'em Crowder nup' de London Cl'ic'm r' R'i p° altis prdic'onibz ind'
Octav' Pas' [blank] T. vj die Novembr' Anno xvj Car' R's vtP die lune
prx' ante festum s'ce Scolastice Virginis Anno xvj Car' R8
p* br'u'a Hillar' xvj Car' R's.
ex* pr Offley.
Translation.
London. Bring up John Broughton, late of London, clerk, otherwise Sir
John Crowder, late of London, clerk, to answer unto the King for high
treasons, in the Octave of Easter Term ; wherefor he was on the 6th day of
November in the 16th year of the reign of King Charles outlawed. Monday
next before the feast of Saint Scholastica, virgin (Feb. 10) in the 16th year
of King Charles (1641). By writs. Hilary, 16 Car. I. Exd by Offley.
3. CASE WITH COUNSEL'S OPINION
[ Written in a jine hand on one side of a doubled foolscap sheet of paper.
The Opinion is written on the left margin^ in a rapid legal hand
identical ivith that of the first document^
A being about 9 yeares since indicted for a Preist and in Hillary
terme last was outlaw'd B after indictm* but before outlawry lodgeth A
not knowing him to be a preist.
B is indicted for lodging A and that indictm* is found by ye grand
Jury to wch indictm* B appeares.
Quest, whether they that indict B for lodging of A must not prove
B lodged A after A was outlaw'd and that B had notice thereof by
shewing B ye record or whether a verball notice to B is sufficient notice
to bring B within the statute or not or if C being the prosequutor desir-
ing D to give B notice thereof wch C sweares D accordingly did and
told C he had so done be sufficient notice to bring B within ye statute
or whither D must not personally appeare and depose he gaue B notice
of the outlawry and if D shall whither this shalbe sufficient notice for
B or not.
I understand that the outlawr' was in another Countie then where
the lodging was of A
To prve B guiltie, it must be prved that hee lodged A afr the out-
lawrie & knowledg of the outlawrie it being in anothr Countie,
vnlesse it be prved that B knew him to be a priest when hee
lodged A
But I thinke notice of the outlawr' may be given by word w^out
shewinge the Record, & that wilbe a sufficient notice to bring B
w'hin the copas of the stat' if hee entvtaine A after
And if D at the request of C did give notice of it to B it wilbe
sufficient to bring B w%in the stat' if hee entertained A aftr that
But the saying of D to C that hee had given notice of it to B is not
sufficient, vnles it be prved vpon oathe that hee did it
26 Julij 1641. Hen: Rolle.
[Endorsed " The Case."]
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4. COUNSEL'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLEADING TO INDICTMENT
The following document is written in a bold roundhand on one side of
four folios of foolscap paper. Curiously, it appears that a reprieve had
already been obtained, before the trial, but was not to be produced unless
sentence was pronounced.
The text of the document contains no mention of the accused's name,
nor of his or her place of abode. A pencil note on the back, written
probably at the end of the 18th century, is as follows : —
u For Dame Catherine Pembroke * Vaughan of Rhuardeane."
(1.) — They must Proue Broughton to be a Priest. If they shall
sweare they knowe him to be a Priest, quest: Howe : If they answeare,
he is outlawd, and soe Conuicted, and shewe not the Record, it is
noethinge. If they shewe the Recorde, Answ: I hope under ffauor
my Lord, they must nowe viua voce, prooue him to be a Priest ; for
his nowe Conuiction is only for wante of appearance, and not by
Euydence at tryall, and thus anie man may be Conuicted, and yett be
noe Priest ; and therefore excepte they fully prooue him nowe to be a
Prieste, I hope it shall not Preiudice me.
If they shall sweare they fownde his orders aboute him, Quest:
wheather those they call his orders weare not in Lattine, if yea, if they
Can Reade, and understand Latine, if no, howe can they tell those
weare his orders. If they Answeare they tooke them a way, and an
other Read them, to them, and by that they knew they wear his
orders, Answ: that he that Read them, must vyua voce, testifie
this, or ells it is noethinge. If they shall answeare, that uppon
his Cuminge to seartch for him in my house, he fownd an Alter,
and manie Such Lyke Ceremonies, which they beinge acquaynted
with businesses of that nature, knewe a Priest had bin excersiseinge
his ffunction in the house, Quest: when this was, Answeare must
be made a boute, tenn, or twelue, years since. Answ: they ought
to haue enformed within, 3. yeares after the knoweledge of
the offence, or ells the Information is voyde ; And that this is noe-
thinge; if the time be admitted [fo. 2.] excepte they Sweare, Mass was
Sayed in the house, I beinge Presente, and that by Broughton beinge
a Priest, I knoweinge him to be soe.
(2.)— They must prooue him to be borne in the Kings dominions
(Scottland excepted) for this act was made 27. Elyzabeth, and then
Scottland was not in her dominions ; and soe he must be a Priest
borne in the Kings dominions. It is not suffitiente to sweare this at
Large, but quest: howe they knowe this, and where he was, and when
he was borne, and what his friends weare.
(3.) — They must Proue him to be at Lybertie, and out of howld.
And soe he must be a Priest borne in the Kings dominions, and at
Lybertie, and oute of howlde.
If they Answ: he was at Large,
Answ: Soe are manie Prysoners that enter securetie, for theyr
Cuminge in agayne, and soe myghte he.
Admitt these 3. to be ffully Proued, as that they must all be, or ells
* This word " Pembroke" is interlineated in the same hand.
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we are not faultie though we harboured him ; for if they fayle to proue
anie of them fully, they Proue noethinge.
(4.) — They must Proue that I wittingly, and willingly Receaued him,
knoweinge him to be such a Priest ; and that I knewe him to be at
Lybertie, borne in the Kings dominions, and out of howlde when I soe
Receaued him.
Md if they shall Proue I knewe him to be a Priest, and harboured
him, yett if they doe not Proue I harburd him, knoweinge him to be
Such a Priest as aboaue, they Proue noethinge j this the uery words of
the Statute makes good.
[fo. 3.] If he shall Sweare that he gaue me notice that he was
indicted for a Priest ; or that he Sente me Such word, and the same
parties did giue me notice, and tould him afterwards they had soe
done, these parties must Cum in, (viua voce) and testefy this agaynst
me, otherwise his euidence is not suffitiente.
If both these Shall be deposed.
Question, when he, or they gaue me this notice, for if it weare
anie time before the Sixth of ffebruary Last, we are Safe, for untill he
be outlawd he is not Conuicted, and we in noe daynger, unless notice
be after outlawry.
Quest: farther (this beinge a mayne poynte) if they would not haue
indicted me for this at Last Michellmas Sessions, and wheather they
haue nowe anie other euidence agaynst me then they had then ; if they
Confess this we are Cleere (if they fall uppon matter of notice) by theyr
owne testimonie for it Cleerly appeares Broughton was not outlawd untill
the sixth of ffebruary Last, beinge a Longe time after they would haue
Indicted me.
If all these shall be deposed, and the Jury bringe in a Billa Vera,
Then bespeake an arrest of Judgemente and desire that the Indict-
ment and the Statute may be Compared togeather, for if it be not Layed
thus in the indictmente, that he beinge a Priest, borne in the Kings
dominions and at Lybertie and out of houlde, that I wittingly and
willingly harboured him, knoweinge him to be such a Priest as afore-
sayde ; these or anie one of these Lefte out are suffitiente to quash the
Indictmente, and then they must Indict a gayne, and all things [fo. 4.]
must be agayne agitated.
If none of these hold, after Sentence produce the Repriue, and
that will Saue your Lyfe, and doubtless we shall afterwards
procure a Pardon to haue your estat.
1641.
5. THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S REVERSAL OF HIS WARRANT FOR ARREST
[ Written on one side of a foolscap sheet of paper, .]
Angl' ss. Whereas I was Informed by Henry Garrett gent' That
Jane Vaughan Widdowe standinge indicted at the Assize latly houlden
for the County of Glocester for felonye did absent herselfe and could
not be taken Wherevppon I did graunt foorth my Warrant to apprhend
the said Jane Vaughan and bringe her before me, or some of his
matie8 justices of the peace to be prceeded against as to lawe and
Justice should apprteine ; And fforasmuch as Three able and sufficient
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Suretyes were added before me and entered into Recognizances to his
matie8 vse for the pvsonai appearance of the said Jane Vaughan at the
next Assizes to be houlden for the said County of Glocester then and
there to answer to the prmisses and further to be prceeded against as
to lawe and Justice shall apprteine. These are therefore to will &
require in his Maties name foorthwth vppon receipt hereof to forbeare
to arrest attack, or any way molest the said Jane Vaughan by vertue of
my said warrant and if you shall apprhend her by vertue of the same
that then yo11 foorthwth sett her at liberty and this shall be yor warrant
Dated at my Chamber in Seriants Inne ffleetestreete London viij° die
Iulij Anno D'ni 1642.
John Bramston.
To all maio18 Shereiffs Baileiffs\
Constables Headborroughs & to all I
other his Matie6 Officers to whom?
these shall or may apprteine. J
[Seal of arms: On a /ess three roses. Endorsed: The Chiefe
Justice VVarrante to Recall a former agaynst my Mother.]
6. MANDATE TO STAY EXECUTION, UNDER THE ROYAL SIGN MANUAL
[Beautifully written in Stuart script on one side of a doubled quarto
sheet of paper. The Royal sign manual at the head.]
Charles R
Whereas Joane Vaughan, of Ruerdeane, in our Countie of Glouc,
widdow, stands Indicted in our foresaid Countie, for harboring of one
John Broughton as a Preist, These are therefore to will and Command
you, vpon sight hereof, to stay Execution vpon the said Joane Vaughan,
(in case she shalbe found guiltie vpon the said Indictment) vntill o1
further pleasure be declared; Given at our Pallace of Westm1*, this
31 day of July in the Seaventeenth yeare of our Raigne.
To or High SherrirTe for our Countie
of Glouc, and to the VndersherrirTe
for the same And to all other ol
Officers and Ministers whom these
prsents may Concerne.
A statement of account of rents received, dated 14 November 1641, has
the following memorandum endorsed: — "The actts of my Receipts, and
Disbursements of my Mothers Rents at Mychelmas 1641
The Charge of her Gloster troubles, was payed oute of her Jewells and Plate.
Pawned by her selfe for it ; excepte what of it, is in this actt8."
B
LETTER FROM JOHN JONES OF DINGASTOW TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW,
RICHARD VAUGHAN OF COURTFIELD
Good Brother
I understand that there is a Coffiission coine downe from the Lord
Keepr & Mv Pyffie to the SherirTe & Justic8 to enquire of the Lands &
goods of Recusants wch is to be executed vpon tuesday next at Carlion,
the warrants are already come out, all wch I thought good to give you
PAPERS FROM THE COURTFIELD MUNIMENTS 1 57
notice of that you may indevour to prvent the yssue thereof. My Lord
Herbert is Come home & two of his servants went vp yesterday
againe, my brother John is yet in London. Yo1' sister hath not as yet
putt of her sorry prtner but I hope I haue prted wfch myne, she doth
intend to bee w*h you to Chaindge the ayre as soone as she shalbe well
able & desires all yo1 prayers & remembers her best affecc'on vnto
you all. Soe not forgettinge myne to you & to my good sister I end in
haste.
Yor most affecc'onat brother to serve you
John Jones.
Ding' 70 Apr' 1642.
post.
Walter Powell brought home my sweard w^iout the schape & belt.
I desire to knowe where to find them he had the sweard at the Cutlers.
I pray send mee the Coppyes as soone as yo" Canne, but I feare yf
yo11 should send them by the boy least he should loose them. Yf you
send them by the boy I pray seale them in yr letter & will him to haue
greate Care to bringe them safe. My mother desires to be kindly
remembred to you both.
[Endorsed] To my good Brother Mr Richard Vaughan at Court-
field bee these d'd w^ speede.
[Seal of arms in red wax : Three talbofs heads erased. Esquire's
helm and mantlings. Crest : A stag tri/>/>ant.]
C
Receipts
April 21. 1684
Receiued by the order and for the use of Doct1 Smith President of
the English Clergy Colledge of Doway the Sume of forty pounds of
good English money of Richard Vaughan of Courtfield in the County
of Monmouth Esq1' in full discharge of a Legacy giuen by his Brother
Mr John Vaughan late of Courtfield deceased to the said English Coll.
of Dy I say receiued in full by me iol. Philipp Lewys.*
July 14th [i6]'84.
I ye under named do testifie y* m1 Richard Vaughan of Court-field
hath paid ye some of 03 li. lertt as a legacie by m1 John Vaughan
deceased to mr Francis Williams t and his friends, ye wch sum mv
williams haue (to my knowledg) receaued as wittness my hand ye day
and yeare aboue written. Tho: Hancock.
D
LETTER FROM JOHN BRYDGES IN LONDON TO WILLIAM VAUGHAN
OF COURTFIELD
Queen Ann §* Cavh Sq1
Nov1' 22nd 1813.
Sir,
Being quite unknown to you, it is not without considerable hesi-
tation that I intrude myself upon your notice ; but I am impelled to it
* Vide vol. ii. p. 303. f Vide vol. ii. p. 301.
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by the desire of a venerable Mother now living with me & which will I
trust plead my excuse & intitle me to the favor of your Answer upon
the information I have to require ; & especially when you will perceive
by the following sketch of pedigree that I am not without some portion
of the Blood of the Vaughans in my veins.
William Brydges or Bridge = Margfc dau. of John Vaughan
Upleadon, Bosbury of Courtfield, co. Monm.,
Hereford55 died at Mordiford 1655
M.I.
William John James = Ann Acton Thomas Richard &c. &c.
of Tibberton of Prior's Court of Colwall
Edward = [Sarah]*
of Ross I (Catholic)
Rev. James Brydges = daiis (Catholics)
Joseph Munn= Mary = Richard Eckley esq. (1st husb.)
John
= Mary Elizabeth dau. h. to late Capt. Parker
2nd & youngest s. mar. 1804. of the Engineers & niece of Dr Parker
Assumed surname Brydges late rector of S1 James's
1 812 by Patent (the writer
of this letter.)
My mother imagines that her grandmother, the wife of Edward
Brydges, must have been also one of your family, from the Circum-
stances of her having been a Catholic and having brought up her
daughters (my Mother's Aunts) in the same Religion, & their being in
habits of Intimacy with former possessors of Courtfield, whom my
Mother in early life visited as a Relation. My Mother is now in her
8 Ist year. Her Father died when she was quite young, & she has
remained in ignorance as to the name of the family of her Grand-
mother ; but she thinks it not unlikely that the pedigrees, Registers or
records, belonging to Courtfield & its family, might afford some light
upon the Subject. She joins with me therefore in requesting the favor
of you, Sir, to inform us, if you have observed or can find out any
thing in them connected with the object of her enquiry. Three of her
Aunts, whose names were Gaynford, Trotter, & E. Brydges (the two
former widows) resided, she says, for many Years near Courtfield ; but
it is about 60 Years since the last of them died.
I had the honor of being particularly well known to your late
Mother, by my former name of Munn, about fifteen years ago, when
I was with Mr Thomas Phillips of Monmouth, whose family are my
particular friends — as are also your neighbours the Haselriggs, Evans's,
Underwoods, Symonds, Jones's, Cliffords &c. &c. In short, I am
well known to all the respectable families in Herefordshire, most of
* As in my transcripts from the Courtfield muniments, fo. 215. — J.H.M.
PAPERS FROM THE COURTFIELD MUNIMENTS 159
whom M1S Brydges and I visited in a tour from Cheltenham to Mon-
mouth, thence to the Black Mountains, the Summer before last, when
we brought my Mother to Town with us ; and although my rank in
Society is not higher than that of a Solicitor, my Situation and
Acquaintance in Town and County are of the best sort — which I
mention merely to convince you of your being addressed by a respect-
able person.
Entreating your pardon for the nature and length of this Letter &
the favor of a reply
I rem11 Sir
Your Most Obdfc humble Serv*
John Brydges.
NO. V
ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND SERVED
BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734
CONTRIBUTED BY RICHARD TRAPPRS-LOMAX
During the times of persecution no secrets were kept more religiously
than the addresses of the missionary priests. Even when the persecution
of blood had ceased, something of the old reticence remained, and it is very
hard to tell with certainty where priests used to live. The following list of
the addresses of the Jesuit missionaries is the earliest of the sort with which
we are acquainted. Most of these fathers were chaplains at gentlemen's
houses. An inspection of the addresses will show this in some cases, and
also that many, perhaps more than might have been expected, were living
independently. The number of different residences is also remarkable.
At the present time, owing to the possibility of communities living together,
the Jesuits have thirty-seven residences for priests on the mission in Eng-
land, less than a quarter of what they had during the period covered by
the lists.
The volume from which the list is taken is preserved in the library of the
Provincial of the English Jesuits. Its size is octavo ; it is bound in white
pigskin, and numbers 376 pages. The first page is dated " i° Jan: An: 1727,"
evidently the date at which the book was commenced. Brother Henry
Foley has used it freely in his Records^ and he has written on the outside
(not quite accurately), "Province Note and Address Book, Provincial's
Book, about 1724 to 1773." In reality it was begun in 1727, and the last
entry is July 27, 1772.
Pages 13 to 20 are for the addresses of the Vicars Apostolic and the
extent of the Vicariates. The addresses are worth copying.
" To Mr Gifford,1 at Stafford house,2 on ye backside of S. James's
Park London. ■
[Midland District.] "To John Talbot Stoner3 Esqr— (At Hey-
thrope4 by Enstone bagg Oxfordshire can.) at Stonor, Nettlebed,
Oxfordshire."
"Mr Hornyold5 (Joann : Philumen : Coadjtr, at Longbirch, Wol-
verhampton, Staffordshire."
1 Bishop Bonaventure Giffard, son of Andrew Giffard of the Chillington family,
co. Stafford ; born 1642 ; educated at Douai ; consecrated Bishop of Madura 1687 ;
appointed President of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1688 ; died 12 March 1733.
2 Not the present Stafford House, but the residence of the Stafford-Howards,
Earls of Stafford, situated near what is now Stafford Street, between Bond Street and
Dover Street.
3 Son of John Stonor, of Stonor, by Lady Mary Talbot ; educated at Douai ;
consecrated Bishop of Thespise 17 16, and appointed V.A. of the Midland District
in succession to Bishop George Witham. He died 1756, aged 77.
4 A seat of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury.
6 Second son of John Hornyold of Blackmore, co. Worcester, by Mary Mostyn ;
became chaplain to Mrs. Giffard {nee Thimelby) at Longbirch in 1739; consecrated
Bishop of Philomelia 1752, as coadjutor to Bishop Stonor; died 1778, aged 72.
Longbirch continued to be the residence of the Vicars Apostolic of the Midland
District till 1804.
STATIONS SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 l6l
[Western District.] "To Mrs [sic] Powell at Perthier1 near Mon-
mouth (to MrB [sic] Harris at ye Pitt near Lhenarth can.)"
[Northern District.] " To Mr (Williams 2 at Ralph Brandling's 3 Esqr
at Middleton near Leeds, Yorkshire can.) Eaton4 at Wycliff5 near
Greeta bridge, Yorkshire."
" To Fr: Petre 6 Esqre (at Wycliff near Richmond p. Greatabridge,
Yorkshire, can.) at Shoalley near [Blackburn] Lancashire."
Then come (p. 25) a List of "Provincials" (1719-1770); pp. 27-50,
" Colleges" at home and abroad, with Rectors, Superiors, &c. ; pp. 53-104,
" Names of ours with their directions by the following numbers" ; pp. 109-
138, "Directions" — this is now copied in full. Pp. 139 to end contain lists
of admissions, deaths, dismissals, dates of vows, &c. — many of the pages
being blank. The obits seem to have been strictly kept up to date ; the
other lists are less regular. The addresses do not seem to have been
entered at all after 1734.
(1) When the original address has been cancelled, it has been printed here
in brackets, and the note can. has been added after it. (2) When a new
name or address is inserted it is printed in brackets, and the note ins. has
been added after it. (3) By referring to pp. 53-104 it has been possible to
ascertain a little more about the persons who lived at the various addresses,
especially their Christian names: these are inserted in square brackets.
(4) The names in italics are derived from the lists in other parts of the book.
It may be as well to give a table of the " Districts" or "Colleges."
(1) The London District, or " College of St. Ignatius," comprised London,
Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Berkshire, and Hertfordshire.
(2) The Suffolk District, or " College of the Holy Apostles," comprised
Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Essex.
(3) The Lancashire District, or "College of St. Aloysius," comprised
Lancashire, Cheshire, Westmoreland.
(4) The Staffordshire District, or " College of St. Chad," comprised that
county.
(5) The Derbyshire District, or " College of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary," comprised Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Not-
tinghamshire, and Rutland.
(6) The Wales and Hereford District, or " College of St. Francis Xavier,"
comprised Wales, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and
Somersetshire. In 1666/7 North Wales became a district by itself, "The
Residence of St. Winefrid."
1 Perthir, the seat of the Powells, and later of the Lorymers, to whom it passed
by marriage, is in the Parish of Rockfield, about three miles from Monmouth. It
was given up as a mission in 1818, and merged in that of Monmouth. See C.R.S.
vol. i. p. 271.
* A native of Monmouthshire ; joined the Dominicans at Bornheim in 1664 ;
consecrated Bishop of Tiberiopolis 1725, and appointed to succeed Bishop Withant
as V.A. of the Northern District. He died 1740, aged 73.
3 A native of Morpeth, who acquired Middleton by his marriage with Helen,
dau. and heiress of John Legh. (Waugh, The Leeds Mission, 1904.)
4 The alias of Bishop Edward Dicconson, son of Hugh Dicconson, of Wright -
ington, by Agnes Kirby. He was appointed V.A. of the Northern District 1740, and
was consecrated Bishop of Malla 1741. He died 1752, aged 82.
6 The seat of the Tunstalls, and inherited by them from the family of the same
name.
6 Third son of Joseph Petre, of Fithlers, co. Essex, by Cath. Andrews ; conse-
crated Bishop of Amoria 1750; and succeeded Bishop Dicconson as V.A. of the
Northern District 1752; died at Showley, near Blackburn, 1775, aged 84, and was
buried at Stydd, near Richester.
XIII. L
l62 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
(7) The Yorkshire District, "Residence of St. Michael," comprised the
three Ridings of that county.
(8) The Durham District, or " College of St. John the Evangelist," com-
prised Durham, Cumberland, and Northumberland.
(9) The Lincolnshire District, or " College of St. Hugh," consisted of
that county.
(10) The Worcestershire District, or " Residence of St. George," con-
sisted of Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
(11) The Oxfordshire District, or " Residence of St. Mary," comprised
Oxfordshire, Bucks, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire.
(12) The Hampshire District, or "Residence of St. Thomas of Canter-
bury," comprised Hants, Wilts, Sussex, and Dorset.
(13) The Devon District, or "Residence of St. Stanislaus," consisted of
Devon and Cornwall.
Since the completion of the Annotation of the Addresses of 1 727-1 734,
later addresses for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772 have been found in different
lists, bound together in the volume at Farm Street, entitled Catahgi varii
Provindce Anglicr, pp.621, &c. References to them have therefore been
added.
From these it will be seen that a large proportion of the missions served
by Jesuits in 1727, &c, as given in the earlier lists, were also served by them
in 1767 and onwards, while others had dropped out. On the other hand,
there are numerous new missions served by Jesuits in 1767 and onwards
which were not so served before, or which at any rate do not appear in the
earlier lists. Unless otherwise stated, the dates at which they occur are
1767 to 1772. Among these were Alnwick ; Aldenham, co. Salop ; Brook
Green, Hammersmith ; Bury St. Edmunds ; Bodney, co. Suffolk, the seat
of the Tasburgs ; Barlborough, co. Derby; Brandsby, co. York (1767);
Berrington, near Berwick ; Besley, near Henley-in-Arden ; Britwell, co.
Oxon, the seat of the Simeons and Welds ; Beckford, co. Gloucester
(1769, 1772) ; Chiswick (1767) ; Crondon Park, co. Essex (1767-9) ; Cowley
hill, near Prescot, Lanes ; Croxteth, Lancashire (1772) ; Carleton, co. York,
the seat of the Stapletons ; Dam House, Pontefract (1767-9) ; Dorchester,
co. Dorset (1 769-1 772) ; Everingham, co. York, the seat of the Constables
(1767-9) ; Exeter ; Formby, co. Lane. ; Fazackerley, near Liverpool
(1767-8) ; Furness, co. Lane. ; Husbands Bosworth, co. Leicester (1767-9) ;
Hanley Castle, co. Worcester ; Hammersmith ; Holderness, co. York
(1769-72) ; Hardwick, co. Durham (1769-72) ; Houghton (the Langdale's),
co. York (1769-72); Irnham and Kingerby, co. Lincoln; Kilvington, co.
York ; Linstead Lodge (Lord Teynham's), co. Kent ; Long Horsley, co.
Northumberland ; Leigh, co. Somerset ; Lanherne, co. Cornwall ; London,
at Lord Molyneux'(i772),and at Lord Widdrington's(i 767-1 772), and others;
Lydiate, co. Lanes (1769-72); Moor hall, near Ormskirk ; Mosley (the
Whitgreave's), co. Stafford ; Odstock (the Webbe's), near Salisbury (1767-9) ;
Pontop, co. Durham ; Pursall hall, near Bromsgrove ; Puddington, co.
Chester; Rockley or Rookley, co. Hants (1767-9); Red Hill, co. Surrey ;
Rixton, co. Lanes (1769-72) ; Swinburne Castle, near Hexham ; Stella, co.
Northumberland ; Canterbury, St. Stephens ; and St. Stephen's Green
(1768-9) ; Sawston, co. Cambs ; Sarnesfield, co. Hereford ; Shepton-Mallet,
Somerset ; Slate Delph, near Chorley ; Southworth, near Warrington ;
Salisbury (Hon. Thos. Arundell's); Stubbs Walden, co. York; Sizergh, co.
Westmoreland (1768-72); Stockeld Park (1768-9); Twickenham; Thorn-
don, co. Essex ; Thelton or Thelveton, co. Norfolk (1769-72) ; Tasburgh, co.
Norfolk (1768) ; Wooburn Farm, co. Surrey ; Wealside, co. Essex (1769-72) ;
Winchester; Wappenbury, near Coventry (1769-72); Warkworth, co.
Oxon ; Mr. Wright's, Essex (1768) ; Walthamstow (1769-72) ; Winsley, co.
Hereford (1769-1772) ; Yarm, co. York (1768-1772). R. T.-L.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 1 63
i. A Monsr, Mons1' de Fosse, chez Monsr Clinquemaille, Marchand
a An vers.
2. A Mons1*, Monsr [Rob] Beeston1 chez Monsr Pigault, riie
des Capuchines a Calais.
3. A Monsr, Mons1' Richards,2 chez Mons1' Pigault, riie des
Capucines a Calais (Ric. Plowden).3
4. A Monsr, Mons1' Beaugrand,4 sur Steendam, a Gand (Tho:
Pierson,5 Ric. Vaughan 6).
5. A. Monsr, Monsr Haye,7 vis a vis la fontaine, riie S. Antoine,
a Paris (Ch. Kennet* Jh. JVol/hal9).
6. A Mons1', Monsr Clinquemaille, Marchand a Anvers (Percy
Plowden™ Ralph Sheldon?* Tho. Smith 12).
7. Hilton.13 Levin: Brown™ Jac: Cooh,15 Jh: Owens,16 Jac:
1 He entered the Society 1680; was Missioner at Worcester 1702-3; was Pro-
vincial 1721-24, and died at St. Omer's 1732, aged 72. Foley, vii. 47.
2 This is probably the alias of Richard Plowden.
3 He entered the Society 1679 ; was Rector of Liege 1704, of St. Omer's 1708,
and in the same year of the Eng. Coll., Rome. He became Provincial 1715 ; again
Rector of Liege, 1719; Rector of St. Omer's, 1725. He died at Watten (the
Novitiate), 1729, aged 66. Foley, vii. 104.
4 The only Beaugrand mentioned by Foley (vii. 43) is stated to have died in
1716.
6 He entered the Soc. 1667 ; was sent to the Durham District 1675. He served
that mission until the Revolution, when the mission and college were destroyed.
He died 1732, aged 86, probably at Durham. Foley, vii. 578.
8 He entered the Soc. 1690. In 1725 he was declared Rector of Ghent, and
died 1727, aged 53. Foley, vii. 795.
7 Probably Fr. Henry Hays, who entered the Soc. 1698. He served the missions
of Lincolnshire for some years, and became Rector of St. Hugh's College, residing at
Driby, near Horncastle. He became Rector of Ghent in 1731— later he returned to
England, and was at Scotney Castle, co. Kent, and died 1739, aged 63. Foley,
vii. 348.
8 He entered the Soc. 168 1. He was a Professor at Liege for some years. In
1704 and 1 7 14 he was Procurator of the Province in London. He died at Paris
1728, aged 68. Foley, vii. 413.
9 He entered the Soc. 1702, and died at Ghent 1742, aged 60. Foley, vii.
8, 55-
10 He entered the Soc. 1693. In 1731 he was appointed Rector of the Eng.
Coll., Rome, and in 1739 of St. Omer's. He died at Watten 1745, aged 73- Foley,
vii. 604.
11 He entered the Soc. 1700. In 1728 he was Minister at Liege Coll., and in
1730 Procurator for the Province at Antwerp. He died 1 741, aged 60. Foley,
vii. 706.
12 He entered the .Soc. 1691 ; in 1708 he was a Missioner in Hampshire. In 1709
he was in Durham, and in 1711 in London. He died in England 1721, aged 47.
Foley, vii. 721.
13 i.e. the English College, Rome, for which Hilton was a common alias or
code name. It had been founded by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1578 for the educa-
tion of the English Secular Clergy. The management of the College was soon
afterwards entrusted to the Jesuits, under whom it continued till their suppression
in 1773.
14 He entered the Soc. 1698. From 1723 to 1731 he was Rector of the Eng.
Coll., Rome, and then became Rector of Watten and Master of Novices. In 1733
he was declared Provincial, and in 1737 Rector of Liege. He died at St. Omer's
(after the expulsion of the S.J.) in 1764, aged 94. At one time he was Missioner at
Ladyholt, co. Sussex, a seat of the Carylls. Foley, vii. 94.
15 Foley, vii. 162.
16 Foley, vii. 560.
164 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
Atkinson,1 Ch: Baker,2 Anth: Donere? Jac: Gaderne? Percy
Plowden? Phil: Rogers? Lew: Sabran? Franc: Sechli? Fran:
Southern? Jos: Stevens,10 Jh: Tempest,11 Jh: Williams1'2'
8. Fosses.13 Felix Bartlet1* Wm: Beaumont,™ Joan: 16 and Jos:
Beaumont11 Geo: Bell,18 Jh: Bevan,19 Jac. Blaire20 Ch: Booth,21 Ric:
1 He entered the Soc. 1708, and having spent thirty years as English Peni-
tentiary at Loreto and Rome, died in 1763, aged 76. Foley, vii. 22.
2 Alias David Lewis. Entered the Soc. 1691. From 1728 onwards he was
English Penitentiary at Rome, and died before 1741. Foley, vii. 458.
3 Foley, vii. 205.
4 Spelt Gadene in Foley, vii. 282.
6 Foley, vii. 604 and iv. 554.
• He entered the Soc. 17 17. In 1730 he was Minister of the English College,
Rome. He died a Missioner in the Yorkshire District, 1761, aged 70. Foley,
vii. 666.
7 He was educated at St. Omer's, and entered the Soc. 1670. In 1685 he was
appointed Chaplain to K. James II. In 1708 he was declared Provincial of the Eng.
Province, and in 17 12 he was appointed Rector of St. Omer's. He died there in
1732, aged 80. Foley, vii. 676.
8 Foley, vii. 694.
• He entered the Soc. 1720, and died at St. Omer's 1754, aged 68. Foley,
vii. 724. 10 Foley, vii. 738.
11 Of the two Frs. John Tempest mentioned by Foley this is probably the
younger, though distinguished by Foley as No. I. He entered the Soc. 17 12.
Some time after 1730 he was Chaplain to the 8th Lord Petre at Ingatestone and
Thorndon, where he died 1737, aged 43. The other Fr. John Tempest (alias
Hardesty) entered the Soc. 1699. He served the mission at Liverpool for many
years, and was there in 1718. He began to serve Lydiate from Liverpool in 1722,
and built the first chapel in Liverpool in 1736. After this he served in Hampshire,
and in 1741 was at Lord Aston's at Tixall, co. Stafford. He died 1752, aged 71.
Foley, vii. 765 and 766.
12 He entered the Soc. 17 12. In 1728 he was Minister of the Eng. Coll., Rome.
In 1730 he was in the "Residence" of St. Winefred (N. Wales), and died at Holy-
well 1 76 1, aged 70. Foley, vii. 846.
13 According to a pencil note in Foley's hand in the MS. this is an alias for Liege,
where the Society had a College for Philosophy and Theology. It had been founded
in 1614 by Fr. John Gerard. In 1773 the school for boys at Bruges (previously at
St. Omer's) was transferred to Liege, and through the good offices of the Prince Bishop
was placed under the charge of the ex-Jesuits, who continued it under the name of
" The Academy " as a Seminary for English laymen and ecclesiastics. In 1794 it
was transferred to Stonyhurst.
14 He entered the Soc. in 1726; served the missions at Hanley Castle and
Worcester, where he died in 1777, aged 69. Foley, vii. 37.
15 He entered the Soc. in 17 18, and for many years was Missioner in Devon and
Cornwall, and at Bonham and Lulworth in Dorsetshire ; also at Cowley Hill, near
St. Helens, Lancashire, where he died in 1764, aged 85. Foley, vii. 44.
16 He entered the Soc. 1732, and was also knewn as Poyntz and Price. For
many years he was Procurator of the Province in London. He died at Liege in
I789t aged 80. Foley, vii. 629.
17 He entered the Soc. in 1723, and was for many years Superior of the Lanca-
shire District. He was Missioner at Cowley Hill, St. Helens, and died there in
1773i aged 71. Foley, vii. 44.
18 Foley, vii. 48. 19 Foley, vii. 56.
20 He entered the Soc. in 1713 ; was sent to the English Mission 1744, and served
at Crondon Park, Essex. He died at Liege 1759, aged 66. Foley, vii. 63.
21 He entered the Soc. 1724, and after serving as Missioner in England, became
English Penitentiary at Loreto. He became Rector of the Eng. Coll., Rome, 1762/3.
From 1769 to 1779 he was Chaplain at Burton, near Petworth, the seat of the
Gorings. In 1779 he went to Wardour, the seat of the Arundells, where he died
J797» aged 90. Foley, vii. 72.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 165
Boucher? W"1 Brewster?1 Herm: Carpentier? Phil: Carteret^
Jh: Cerfb Fran: Clifton* Jac: Clifton? Tho: Clifton* Nic:
Clough? Hen: Corby™ Jh: Barell,11 Jac: Darel^ Jac: Denet.™
Dinsdale Jos:u (erased) T/io: Darel?5 Jh: Edisford?* Jac: Farrar?1
Nic: Fitzgerald?9, Jh: Fleetwood?* W'n Frankland20 (erased), Edw:
Galaway,21 Jac:- and Rob. Gex™ Jh: Harding™ Tho: Hunter ,25
1 He entered the Soc. in 1713 ; for many years was Chaplain to the Chichesters
at Arlington, where he died 1 760, aged 64. He was Superior of the Devon District
in 1741- Foley, vii. 74.
2 He entered the Soc. 1724; served in the Worcestershire District for some
time. In 1746 he was Missioner in London, and afterwards at Norwich, where he
died 1758, aged 58. Foley, vii. 82.
■ He entered the Soc. 1721 ; served the missions of Bryn, Liverpool (1746), and
Stapehill, and died at Bury St. Edmunds 1770, aged 67. Foley, vii. 116.
4 He entered the Soc. 1709; served the mission at Oxburgh ; in 1746 became
Rector of Ghent, and in 1751 was appointed Provincial. He died in London 1756,
aged 63. Foley, vii. 1 20.
5 Foley, vii. 124.
6 He entered the Soc. 1719. He served on the mission in Hampshire (1743),
and afterwards at Stone, and Swinnerton, co. Stafford (1750 — Kirk), and later at
Lincoln. He died at Dunkirk in 1757, aged 55. Foley, vii. 139.
7 He entered the Soc. 1719 ; served the mission at Crosby for some years, and
died there 1750, aged 52. Foley, vii. 140.
8 He entered the Soc. 17 18. He served as Missioner in the Durham District,
but the date given by Foley (1706-7) is impossible. In 1754 he was at the English
Coll., Rome. He died in Shropshire 1777, aged 77. Foley, vii. 141.
9 He is probably the Nicholas Fourniers, alias or vere Clough, mentioned in
Foley, vii. 278, who entered the Soc. 1725; served the mission of Scarisbrick,
Lancashire, until about 1778, and died at Lydiate 1779, aged 71.
10 He entered the Soc. 1722; was professed at York 1740 ; declared Provincial
1756 ; became Rector of the London District 1762, and he died 1765, aged 65. Foley,
vii. 168.
11 He entered the Soc. 1722; was professed in London 1740; was Rector of
St. Omer's 1752 to 1759. He came over to England after the removal of St. Omer's
College to Bruges (1762), and served the mission of Wealside, in the Suffolk District.
He died in London 1768, aged 63. Foley, vii. 194.
12 He entered the Society 1723. He served the mission of Calehill, co. Kent, the
seat of the Darells, for many years, and died at Liege 1785, aged 78. Foley, vii. 194.
,3 He entered the Soc. 1720; was declared Provincial 1762, and died at Bury
St. Edmunds 1789, aged 87. Foley, vii. 200.
14 Foley, vii. 204. 15 Foley, vii. 195.
16 This is probably the second of the three Fathers John Edisford. Foley, vii. 221 .
17 He entered the Soc. 1725. He was sent to the Maryland Mission 1733, but
returning to England 1746, served the missions of Biddleston (co. Northumberland),
the seat of the Selbys ; Durham ; Giffard's Hall, co. Suffolk, the seat of the Mannocks ;
and Hooton, co. Chester, the seat of the Stanleys, where he died 1763, aged 56.
Foley, vii. 245.
18 This is the second of the two Fathers Nicholas Fitzgerald. Foley, vii. 257.
19 He entered the Soc. 1723 ; was Missioner at Broughton Hall, co. York, the seat
of the Tempests, for some time, and was sent to the Maryland Mission in 1733,
where he died the following year, aged 31. Foley, vii. 262.
20 Not mentioned in Foley.
21 He entered the Soc. 1724 ; was Missioner in the London District and at Norwich,
where he died 1799, aged 93. Foley, vii. 288.
22 Foley, vii. 298. 23 Foley, vii. 298.
24 Also called John Harding. He entered the Soc. 1722 ; was sent to the Mary-
land Mission 1732, and died at Philadelphia 1772, aged 71. Foley, vii. ^S3-
26 Alias Weston. He entered the Soc. 1723. In 1741 he was in the Yorkshire
District, and in 1754 in the Worcester District ; in 1763-4 he was in Lancashire, and
died at Scholes, near Prescot, 1786, aged 81. Foley, vii. 385.
1 66 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
Jos: Le Jeune? Jh: Johnson? Mich Josaar? W"1 Kings ley?
Tho: Kingsley? Lew: Laurs? Ric: Leckonby? Tho: Leckonby?
Am: Livers? W"1 Lower?0 Christ:11 and Jac: Maire?2 Rob:
Mannock?3 Pet: Matthews?* Erard Mo/ien?5 Jh: Bap: Molien,™
Ric: Moleyneux, Junr?1 Fran: More?9, Melch: Morphy?9 Fran:
Morris?0 Hen: Neat?1 Fran: Oakley?2 Jh: Paine?9 Tho:2* and Ric:
Parker?* Wm Pendril?6 Jim\ Rob: Petre?'1 Tho: Phillip?* Jh:
1 Foley, vii. 403.
2 Alias Jackson. He entered the Soc. 1719. In 1746 he was Superior of the
Oxford District. He also served in Lancashire, and was at Croston (seat of the
Traffords) in 1752. He died the same year, aged 54. Foley, vii. 396.
3 Foley, vii. 410.
* He entered the Soc. 1718; was professed at Ellingham 1731, where he was
Missioner for several years. He died there 1734, aged 38. Foley, vii. 420.
5 He entered the Soc. 1723; he was serving the mission at Bromley Hall, in
the Suffolk District, in 1752; in 1761 he was at Slindon, in Sussex ; in 1764 he was
in London, where he died 1781, aged 76. Foley, vii. 420.
6 Foley, vii. 438.
7 He entered the Soc. 1720. He served various missions in Lancashire, and
died at Croston 1771, aged 72. Foley, vii. 445.
8 Probably the elder of the two Fathers Thos. Leckonby mentioned in Foley,
vii. 445. He entered the Soc. 1721 ; was sent to the Maryland Mission in 1733, and
died there 1734, aged 32.
* He entered the Soc. 1724; returned to Maryland (of which he was a native)
on completion of his studies, and died there 1767, aged 62. Foley, vii. 463.
10 Foley, vii. 467.
11 He entered the Soc. 1715 ; was declared Rector of the Eng. Coll., Rome, 1744,
and held that office till 1750. He died at Ghent 1767, aged 70. Foley, vii. 479.
12 He entered the Soc. in 1726; served missions in the Suffolk District, at
Oxburgh, &c, and died 1746, aged 41. Foley, vii. 480.
13 Alias, or rather vere, Robert Petre. He entered the Soc. 1686-87. In 1708
he was Missioner at Callaly, co. Northumberland (a seat of the Claverings), and in
1 715 in the London District ; in 1733/4 he was in Lancashire ; in 1737/8 in Lincolnshire.
Later he was Missioner at Eccleston, in Lancashire, and died at Dunkenhalgh (a seat
of the Petres) 1766, aged 61. Foley, vii. 594.
14 He entered the Soc. 171 1 ; in 1748 he became Missioner at Brynn (a seat of the
Gerards), and died at Garswood 1752, aged 60. Foley, vii. 493.
15 Foley, vii. 513. 16 Foley, vii. 513.
17 He entered the Soc. 1722. He served missions in the Hampshire District, and
died at Marnhull (the seat of the Husseys), co. Dorset, in 1769, aged 69. Foley,
vii. 514.
18 Foley, vii. 518. 19 Foley, vii. 534. 20 Not in Foley.
21 He entered the Soc. 1724 ; he was in Maryland 1741, and died in Pennsylvania
1748, aged 46. Foley, vii. 537.
22 He entered the Soc. 1715. In and after 1744 he was Superior of the Yorkshire
District, and died 1755, aged 61. Foley, vii. 556.
23 Foley, vii. 564.
24 Alias Culcheth. He entered the Soc. 1674. He was three times Rector of
Liege College ; was Provincial from 1712 to 1715 ; and was Superior of the London
District about 1724. He died 1730, aged 76. Foley, vii. 188.
25 Foley, vii. 569.
28 Alias William Howe. He entered the Soc. 1722 ; died at Rome 1746, aged 45.
Foley, vii. 581 and 376.
27 Alias Mannock. He entered the Soc. 1686/7. *n 1706 he was Minister of the
Eng. Coll., Rome; in 1708 he was Missionary in the Lancashire District, and in
1 71 5 in the London District. He died at Liege 1727, aged 61. Foley, vii. 594.
28 He entered the Soc. 1726, but left in 1733. He was Chaplain to Mr. Berkeley
at Spetchley. He was re-admitted to the Soc. 1768, and died 1774, aged 66.
Foley, vii. 596.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 167
Porter,1 Sebas. Redford? Ch: Rods? Phil: Rogers? Jh: Robinson?
Alex: Russell? Edw: Saltmarsh? Fran: Scarisbrick? Jh: Scuda-
more? Ign: Sheffield?0 Nat: Sheldon?1 Ralph Sheldon?1 Walt:
Shelley?* Pet: Shepherd?* Ediv: Slaughter?* Pet: Sluyper?* Hen:
Smith?1 Edw: Southcot?* Tho: Stevens™ Fran: Stone?0 Ch: Tempest?1
1 Alias Corbusier. He entered the Soc. 1726. He died at Scotney Castle,
Sussex, a seat of the Darells, 1765, aged 58. Foley, vii. 616 and 167.
2 Alias or vere Exton. He entered the Soc. 1719. About 1730 he was Chaplain
to Mr. Wright, at Kelvedon, Essex; in 1733 he was Missioner at Powis Castle; in
1754 he was serving in Lancashire, and later at Wealside, Essex, where he died
17°3, aged 62. Foley, vii. 640.
3 Alias Rousse. He entered the Soc. 17 10. In 1743 he was appointed Rector
of Liege, and died there 1764, aged 74. Foley, vii. 664 and 673.
4 He entered the Soc. 171 7. In 1730 he was Minister of the Eng. Coll., Rome.
He was Missionary in the Yorkshire District, where he died 1761, aged 70. Foley,
vii. 666.
5 He was also known as Gasine or Gazain. He entered the Soc. 1718. In 1732
he was a Missionary in the Lancashire District, and died at Preston 1742, aged 43.
Foley, vii. 658.
8 He belonged to the Scotch Province. He entered the Soc. 1691 (Scotch
Province). He was in England in 1729 with the "Marchioness de Seafort"; he
died at Liege 1742, aged 73. Foley, vii. 675.
7 Alias Lewis. He entered the Soc. 1678 ; he served the missions in Yorkshire,
London, North Wales, and Suffolk, and died at Watten 1737, aged 79. Foley,
vii. 682.
8 Alias Neville. He entered the Soc. 1722. In 1740 he was Missioner in
Hereford and South Wales. In 1759 he was declared Rector of St. Omer, and in
1764 of Liege, where he died 1789, aged 87. Foley, vii. 689.
• He entered the Soc. 17 18. In 1746 he became Rector of the Hereford and
South Wales District. He served at Bristol from 1744 or 1745 until his death there,
1778, aged 82. Foley, vii. 694.
10 Alias William Anderson. He entered the Soc. 172 1. In 1741 he was a
Missioner in the Suffolk District, and later in Lincolnshire. He died at Kingerby,
the seat of the Youngs, 1764, aged 75. Foley, vii. 704 and 9.
11 Alias Nath. Elliot. He entered the Soc. 1723. In 1748 he was declared
Rector of St. Omer's ; in 1756 of the Eng. Coll., Rome ; in 1766 of the Greater Coll.,
Bruges (removed from St. Omer, 1762), and soon after was appointed Provincial.
He died at Holt, Leicestershire, 1780, aged 75. Foley, vii. 706 and 223.
12 Alias Elliot. He entered the Soc. 1700. In 1728 he was Minister at Liege,
and in 1730 Procurator for the Province at Antwerp. He died at Liege 1741, aged
60. Foley, vii. 706.
13 He entered the Soc. 1717 ; was Professor of Philosophy at Liege in 1735 5 about
1743 he was Procurator for the Province at Antwerp, where he died 1750, aged 49.
Foley, vii. 707.
14 Foley, vii. 708.
15 He entered the Soc. 1673. ^n I7°I ne was declared Rector of Liege, being
subsequently Rector of St. Omer and Ghent. He served the mission of Swaffham,
Norfolk, in 1682, and died at Liege 1729, aged 74. Foley, vii. 715.
16 Foley, vii. 716.
17 He entered the Soc. 1724; served the mission at Dutton Hall, near Preston
on the Hill, Cheshire, and died near there 1756, aged 57. Foley, vii. 717.
18 He entered the Soc. 1719. In 1741, and later, he was Missioner in the
London District ; in 1762 he became Chaplain at Woburn Farm, Chertsey, where he
died 1780, aged 83. Foley, vii. 724.
19 Foley, vii. 738.
20 Foley, vii. 741.
21 He entered the Soc. 1724. In 1741 he was Missioner in the Hereford and
South Wales District ; for some time he was Chaplain to the Jones' of Clytha. In
1763 he was in the London District, and died at Chiswick 1768, aged 69. Foley,
vii. 765.
l68 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
Nic: Thiry? Rob: Turner? Tho: Wakeman? Chris: Walmesley?
Jh: Walsh,5 Tho: Waterton? Tho: Wesby? Tho: Whitgrave?
Jh: Williams? Geo: Williamson™ Jos: Wright?1 W"1 Ward.12
9. Blandyke 13 (near Sl Omer, ins.), Bern: Baker,14 Etc: Boucher?5
Am: Bouillon?* Wm Brinkhurst?1 Christ: Burton?* Mich: Dane?9
Edw: Carteret?* Edm: Clarkson?1 Fran: Clifton?2 Tho: Clifton?*
1 Or Thierry. Foley, vii. 768.
2 He entered the Soc. 1701. He served the missions at Hooton, co. Chester
(seat of the Stanleys), and Callaly, co. Northumberland (seat of the Claverings).
He died in Sussex 1734, aged 57. Foley, vii. 789.
3 Alias Jeffreys. P^oley, vii. 801 and 398.
4 He entered the Soc. 1708; was Professor at Liege for some years, and died
there 1734, aged 50. Foley, vii. 805.
6 He entered the Soc. 1720. He served the mission of Gateshead from about
1734, and Newcastle from about 1746. He was for some years Superior of the
Durham District. He died 1773, aged 73. Foley, vii. 811.
6 He entered the Soc. 1721 ; was Missioner in the Durham District in 1741, and
died there 1766, aged 65. Foley, vii. 820.
7 Or Westby, alias Green. He entered the Soc. 1724 ; served in the Hampshire
District for some years, and died there 1735/6, aged 32. Foley, vii. 829.
8 Entered the Soc. 1718. In 1724 he was serving the mission at Salden, co.
Bucks, and later at Oxford; in 1754 he was in the Staffordshire District, where he
died 1757, aged 61. Foley, vii. 839.
9 He is the elder of the two Frs. John Williams. He entered the Soc. 17 12.
In 1730 he was Missioner in North Wales. He died at Holywell 1761, aged 70.
Foley, vii. 846.
10 He entered the Soc. 17 18, and died in London 1 741, aged 46. Foley, vii. 848.
11 He entered the Soc. 1720; served the mission at Wardour 1720-30. In 1753
he was at Norwich. He died at Ghent 1760, aged 62. Foley, vii. 869.
12 Not in Foley.
13 Blandyke is a village a few miles from St. Omer, where the College of St. Omer
had a country villa for recreation and change of air. Here it probably stands for
St. Omer itself. The College of St. Omer's was founded by Fr. Robert Parsons in
1593 ; in 1762 it was seized by the French Government. The inmates were trans-
ferred to Bruges, and the College was handed over to the English secular clergy.
14 He entered the Soc. 1721 ; after teaching in the colleges in the Low Countries
he became Rector of the London District some years before 1766, and died in 1772
or 1773. Foley, vii. 28.
15 He entered the Soc. 171 3 ; was for some time Prefect of Studies at St. Omer's,
and for many years chaplain to the Chichesters of Arlington, co. Devon, where he
died 1760, aged 64. Foley, vii. 74. 16 Foley, vii. 74.
17 Alias or vere Meara. He entered the Soc. 1697/8. In 1707-10 he was Mis-
sioner at Worcester ; in 1724 and after at York ; he died at St. Omer's 1728, aged
51. Foley, vii. 500.
18 He entered the Soc. 1693 ; was sent to the English mission 17 10 ; served the
missions of Formby and Lytham for many years. He died at Watten 1744, aged 73.
Foley, vii. 104.
19 Or Dean. He entered the Soc. 17 14. He was for many years a Missioner in
the Suffolk and Hampshire Districts; he died at Watten 1760, aged 64. Foley,
vii. 198.
20 Alias Fairfax. He entered the Soc. 1709; was Missioner at Stonyhurst 1724,
and died probably at Coughton, co. Warwick, the seat of the Throckmortons, 1753.
He served in Lincolnshire in 1747 and later. Foley, vii. 119.
21 Foley, vii. 135.
22 He entered the Soc. 1719. He was serving in the Hampshire District in 1743,
and later at Stone and Swinnerton, co. Stafford ; after that at Lincoln ; he died 1757,
aged 55. Foley, vii. 1 39-
23 He entered the Soc. 17 18. In 1706-7 he was Missioner in the Durham
District; in 1754 he was at the Eng. Coll., Rome. Afterwards he was Rector and
Minister at Ghent. He died in Shropshire 1777, aged "jj. Foley, vii. 141.
-J
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 169
Wm Conway? Jh: Corby* Arm Corneille? Nic: Le Fevre* Jac:
Gex,5 Jac: Gooden* Hen: Hayes,1 Ric: Hyde* Ign: /ones,9 Ign:
Kingsley™ Phil: Leridan,11 Pet: Louis,1* Vine: Phillips,1* Mich:
Pool,1*" Tho: Pulton1* Tho: Ryther16 Fran: Scarisbrick11 Fran:
Southern,1* Rob: Stanfield1* Fran: Stone;-0 Nicol: Sanderson,*1 Jh:
Tichburne, Junr,22 Mich: Tichburn™ Tho: Turberville2i Chris:
Walmesley25 Ch: Wills™ Geo: Williamson21 Cm Winter2*
1 Alias or vere Wright. Entered the Soc. 1702 ; died at St. Omer's 1741, aged
59. Foley, vii. 162.
2 Foley, vii. 168. 3 Foley, vii. 170.
4 Foley, vii. 247. 5 Foley, vii. 298.
6 Entered the Soc. 1689 ; in 1722 he was declared Rector of St. Omer's ; 1728
Rector of Ghent ; he died 1730, aged 60. Foley, vii. 307.
7 He entered the Soc. 1698. Having served missions in Lincolnshire for some
years, he became Rector of that district, living at Driby, near Horncastle ; became
Rector of Ghent, 1731. Returning to England, he was stationed at Scotney Castle,
co. Kent, and died (probably there) I739> aged 63. Foley, vii. 348.
8 He entered the Soc. 1706. In 1728 he was Rector of St. Omers, and again
in 1742. He died at Canterbury 1744, aged 57. Foley, vii. 390.
• Not in Foley, though possibly he is the Fr. John Jones who entered the Society
1709; served the mission at Frickley, near Doncaster, and died in Yorkshire 1748,
aged 65. Foley, vii. 407.
10 Alias George Clayton. He entered the Soc. 1720. In 1751 he was a Mis-
sioner in the Suffolk District; in 1754 in the Hampshire District; in 1773 in the
London District, where he died 1787, aged 86. Foley, vii. 420.
11 Not in Foley. 12 Foley, vii. 459.
13 He entered the Soc. 17 17. Served missions in the Districts of London and
Suffolk (Gifford's Hall) ; in 1741 was in Maryland ; in 1754 he was in the Oxford
District, and died at Ghent 1760, aged 62. Foley, vii. 597.
14 He entered the Soc. 1718; was Prefect and Minister at St. Omer's in 1728.
In 1 741 he was Missioner in the Hampshire District, being for some time stationed
at Wardour Castle. He died 1748, aged 61. Foley, vii. 013.
15 He entered the Soc. 1716. In 1730 he was Prefect at St. Omer's; in 1738
he was sent to Maryland, where he died 1749, aged 51. Foley, vii. 625.
16 He entered the Soc. 1683. He was Missioner in the Hampshire District for
many years, and died at St. Omer's 1733, aged 70. Foley, vii. 676.
17 Alias Neville. He entered the Soc. 1722. In 1740 he was Missioner in the
Hereford and South Wales District, and in 1744 he was Spiritual Director at the
Eng. Coll., Rome. In 1752 he was at Ghent, and in 1755 at Antwerp. In 1759
he was declared Rector of St. Omer's. In 1 764 he became Rector of Liege. In
1773 he was at Bruges, and died at Liege 1789, aged 87. Foley, vii. 689.
18 Foley, vii. 724.
19 He entered the Soc. 1687. He was Missioner in the London District for
several years. He served in the Yorkshire District 1706 and following years, 171 1
and following years, 1732/3 and following years. In 1708 he was in the Derby-
shire District. He died at Watten 175 1, aged 83. Foley, vii. 730.
20 Foley, vii. 741 . 21 Foley, vii. 684.
22 He entered the Soc. 17 12 ; was sent to the English Mission 1745, and served
about two years in the Yorkshire District ; then in the Hampshire District at
Southend, Soberton. He died in London 1772, aged 78. Foley, vii. 779.
23 Entered the Soc. 17 12 ; was Missioner at Hooton, Cheshire (Sir R. Stanley's),
for several years ; he was then stationed at Liverpool ; then at Brynn and Ashton
in Lancashire ; where he died 1751, aged 59. Foley, vii. 780.
24 Foley, vii. 785.
25 He entered the Soc. 1708. He was a Professor at Liege for several years, and
died there 1734, aged 50. Foley, vii. 805.
26 Not in Foley.
27 He entered the Soc. 1718. He was mostly employed abroad; he died in
London (where he was Procurator of St. Omer's Coll.) 1741, aged 46. Foley,
vii. 848. 28 Foley, vii. 852.
I70 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
10. The Hill.1 Felix Bartlet, Wm Boucher;1 Mic: Clough? W'n
Dagbertf Jos. Di?isdale (erased), Jh: Dupont,b Edw: Edisford? Geo:
Eyston1 Jac: Farrer, Herm: Fountaine,8 Jos: S. George? Tho:
Havers^ Mart: Incoming1 Wm Jacobsen,12 Jac: Jansens,13 Franc:
J emmet,14 Lew: Laurs, Jac: Marin, lb Alb: Maxwell,™ Jac: Merrier,11
IV"1 Newton™ Tho. Phillips, Fie: Plowden, Th: Porter,19 Edw:
Paynes,20 Tho: Ryther,21 Abrah: Schilver,22 Pet: Shepherd23 Jh: Smith-
son24 Tho: Stevens, Jac: Thornton,2* Rob: Turner 2Q Tho: Whit-
grave,21 Ch: Wilson,2* Jh: Wilson,29 Jh: Wolfal.
1 i.e. Watten, the Novitiate. The Novitiate of the English Province was founded
at Louvain in 1606 by Fr. Parsons. In 16 14 it was removed to Liege, and in
1624-5 to Watten. In 1767/8 this was transferred to Ghent.
2 He entered the Soc. 1700; was for some time Professor at Liege; afterwards
Missioner at Mr. Bartlett's, Hillend, co. Worcester ; at Aston, co. Stafford, and at
Lulworth. He died 1757, aged 75. Foley, vii. 74.
3 There is no Mich. Clough in Foley, and probably Nicholas is intended ; for
whom see note above under No. 8, " Fosses " (Liege).
4 Not in Foley.
5 Not in Foley.
6 Foley, vii. 221.
7 He entered the Soc. 1688/9 '■> does not appear to have ever served as missioner
in England, and died at Ghent in 1745, age(l 74- Foley, vii. 238.
8 Foley, vii. 269.
9 A lias Joseph Roge and Parry. He entered the Soc. 1700 or 1704. In 1728
he was at Ghent ; in 1730 at Liege, where he died 1763, aged 83 or 85. Foley,
vii. 664.
10 He entered the Soc. 1688. In 1701 he was Prefect at St. Omer's ; in 1705
he was in Maryland ; he died at Watten 1737, aged 69. Foley, vii. 345.
u Not in Foley.
12 He entered the Soc. 1714. He was at Burton, near Lincoln, in 1732, and
died at Watten 1764, aged 52. Foley, vii. 397.
13 Foley, vii. 398.
14 Foley, vii. 398.
15 Foley, vii. 488.
16 Or Herbert. He entered the Soc. 1675 ; in 1705 was chaplain to King James
at St. Germains. In 1723 he was at Watten, where he died 1729, aged 74. Foley,
vii. 494. 17 Not in Foley.
18 He is probably the senior of the two William Newtons mentioned in Foley,
vii. 546.
19 Alias Corbusier. He entered the Soc. 1726, and died at Scotney, co. Sussex,
the seat of the Darells, 1765, aged 58. Foley, vii. 167.
20 Alias Nixon. He entered the Soc. 1694. In 1704/5 he was sent to the
Hampshire District, and taught at Twyford or Stapehill. In 1706 he was sent to
the Yorkshire District ; in 1707/8 he was in Lancashire (Crosby). He died at
Watten 1728, aged 53. Foley, vii. 547.
21 Foley, vii. 676.
22 The name is spelt Schilders. Foley, vii. 690.
83 Foley, vii. 708.
24 Foley, vii. 722.
25 He entered the Soc. 1700, and died at Ghent 1752, aged 72. Foley, vii.
773-
26 He entered the Soc. 1701 ; served the missions of Hooton, co. Chester,
Callaly, co. Northumberland, and died in Sussex I734> aged 57. Foley, vii. 789.
27 He entered the Soc. 1718. In 1724 he was serving the mission at Salden, co.
Bucks, and afterwards at Oxford ; in 1754 he was in the Staffordshire District, where
he died 1757, aged 61. Foley, vii. 839.
28 He entered the Soc. 1680. In 1693 ne was at Spetchley, co. Worcester, and
in 1694 in the Suffolk District. He died at Watten 1730, aged 68. Foley, vii. 850.
H Not in Foley.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 171
11. Stendam.1 David La Battel Jh: Bennett Hiron: Bertie*
Wm Conway 1 Jos: S. George, Rob: Gex, Hen: Guillim,5 Ch: Hage-
manf Jac: Merrier, Ch: Middleton,1 Delph: Plotho,8 Geo: Pulton?
Ralph Sheldon, Walt: Shelley, Jos: Simons,10 Edw: Southcot, Adrian11
6- Jh: Stevens111 Jh: Tichburn1* Sen1', Leon Verdcheval,1* Phil-
Wright.1*
12. Vallad[olid].16 W" Blakeston.17
13. Maryl[an]d.18 Jh: Bennet, Burley,19 Pet: Alwood,20 Jac: Case,21
Pet: Davis,22 Jos: Delvaux,23 Fran: Floyd,24 Wm Gerard,26 Jos:
1 Probably an alias for Ghent, where was the " House of the third Probation "
(a sort of second noviceship, after a period of teaching and study). It was founded
in 1621, largely by the generosity of Anne (Dacre), Countess of Arundel. In 1767/8
the novitiate at Watten was transferred to Ghent.
2 Foley, vii. 427.
3 Alias or vere Gosling. He entered the Society 1710. He was Missioner in
Maryland about 1 724-28. He was at Lytham, co. Lancaster (the seat of the
Cliftons), in 1750, and died at Highfield, near Wigan, the following year, aged 59.
Foley, vii. 50.
4 He entered the Soc. 1693, antl died at Ghent in 1739, aged 66. Foley,
vii. 55-
5 Alias Territ or Terwhit. He entered the Soc. 1692, and died at Ghent 1742,
aged 70. Foley, vii. 767.
6 Foley, vii. 326. ,
7 He entered the Soc. 1687, and died at Ghent 1743, aged 83. Foley, vii. 507.
8 Entered the Soc. 1687, and died at Ghent 1747, aged 78. Foley, vii. 600.
9 He entered the Soc. 1707, and died at Watten 1739, aged 50. Foley, vii.
621.
10 Or Simeon. Foley, vii. 712.
11 Foley, vii. 717.
12 Foley, vii. 738.
13 He entered the Soc. 1700/1. In 1714 he was at Liege; in 1716 a Mis-
sioner in the Hampshire District. He died at Ghent 1748, aged 69. He became
5th Baronet in 1743. Foley, vii. 779.
14 Foley, vii. 797.
16 He entered the Soc. 1684 ; in 1695 he was chaplain to James Stansford, of
Clayton-le-dale, co. Lancaster; in 1701 he was Missioner in the Worcester District ;
in 1704 in North Wales ; in 1734 he became Rector of Ghent. He died at Watten
1737, aged 72. Foley, vii. 871.
16 The College of St. Alban at Valladolid was founded by Fr. Robt. Parsons in
1588-9. When the S.J. was expelled from Spain in 1767, the College was trans-
ferred to the English secular clergy.
17 He entered the Soc. (already a priest) in 1723. In 1730 he was Minister at
Valladolid. In 1768 he died at Bruges, aged 70. Foley, vii. 6^.
18 The mission in Maryland began in 1633 with 3 priests ; in 1696 there were 4
priests, I teacher, and 4 lay brothers; in 1740 there were 13 "Socii." Foley, vii.
clviii., &c.
19 Foley, vii. 103.
20 He entered the Soc. 1703/4 ; was sent to the Maryland Mission 171 1, and died
Superior of it 1734, aged 52. Foley, vii. 23.
21 He entered the Soc. 1 71 3 ; in 1723 he was Procurator at Ghent ; was Mis-
sioner in Maryland, where he died 1731, aged 40. Foley, vii. 122.
22 He entered the Soc. 171 1 ; sent to Maryland 1724, after serving in the York-
shire District; returning to Europe in 1733/4* he was sent to the Hampshire District.
In 1740 he was in Yorkshire, and died at Watten 1759, aged 67. Foley, vii. 197.
23 Foley, vii. 200.
24 He entered the Soc. 1710; was sent to Maryland in 1724, and died there 1729,
aged 37- Foley, vii. 267.
25 He entered the Soc. 1707. He was in Maryland in 1730, and died there 1731,
aged 44. Foley, vii. 297.
172 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
Greaton? Tho: Holland? Owen Kingsley? Vine: Phillips^ Jac: Quin?
Rich: Reynolds? Ric: Thomas? Geo: Thorold? Jh: Wesley? Hen.
Whetenhall? Jac: IVhitgrave.10
14. Paris. Rob: Constable?1 Ant: Donerei Tho: Stevens.
15. Antwerp. Tho: Smith.
16. London. Hen: Clark?2 Tho: Caxton?3 Edm: Gage?* Jh:
Lallart?h Tho: Law son ?% Jos: Marshal?1 Sebas: JVeedham?8 Tho:
1 He entered the Soc. 1708 ; was sent to Maryland, became Superior in Pennsyl-
vania in I747> and died in Maryland 1753, aged 74. Foley, vii. 313.
2 The only Thomas Holland in Foley who fits in with these dates is Fr. Thos.
Holland vere Fccleston. Foley, however, says nothing as to his having served in
Maryland. Fr. Eccleston {alias Holland) entered the Soc. 1677, was professed of
the four vows in England, 171 2. He was employed in the Yorkshire District, and
at Lord Petre's at Ingatestone. He was Rector of St. Omer's 1731-37. He died
1743, aged 84. Foley, vii. 220.
3 He entered the Soc. 1716; after serving in Maryland for some years he re-
turned to England, and was stationed at Belgrave, near Leicester (Mr. Byerley's), in
1727 and following years. He died at Watten 1739, aged 42. Foley, vii. 420.
4 He entered the Soc. 1717 ; was sent to Maryland before 1727, where he died
J745» aged 47. Foley, vii. 636.
6 Foley, vii. 645.
6 He entered the Soc. 1704; was sent to Maryland 171 1, and returning to
England was Missioner in Lancashire, where he died 1735, aged 50. Foley,
vii. 769.
7 He entered the Soc. 1691 ; was sent to Maryland 1700/1 ; became Superior of
that Mission 1725; he died there 1742, aged 69. He had previously to going to
Maryland been Chaplain at the Micklegate Convent, York. Foley, vii. 774.
8 Or Westley. He entered the Soc. 1706 ; was sent to Maryland, and died there
between 1741 and 1746. Foley, vii. 829.
9 He entered the Soc. 171 3 ; was sent to Maryland 1724 ; returned to England
about 1736/7, and was Missioner at Lulworth, co. Dorset. He died in London 1745,
aged 51. Foley, vii. 831.
10 He entered the Soc. 17 15 ; was in Maryland about 1724 ; returned to Eng-
land about 1738, and became Missioner in the Staffordshire District. He died
there 1750, aged 52. Foley, vii. 839.
11 Probably the second of the three Frs. Robert Constable. He entered the Soc.
171 1. In 1728 he was living in France. He died at Watten 1739, aged 66. Foley,
vii. 160.
12 He entered the Soc. 1690 ; in 1701 and 1704 he was Missioner in the Worcester
and London Districts. He died in London 1729, aged 60. Foley, vii. 133.
13 Not in Foley.
14 Alias Plowden, Simeon, and Perot. He entered the Soc. 1682 ; in 1704 was
Missioner in the Staffordshire District ; in 1727 he was declared Rector of the London
District, and in 1730 of Liege. He died at Ghent 1740, aged 77. Foley, vii. 603.
15 Alias Peters. He entered the Soc. 1714/5. He served missions in the London
District for many years; in 1727 he was at Mr. Whetenhall's at East Mulling, near
Tunbridge Wells. He died 1743, aged 50. Foley, vii. 430.
16 He entered the Soc. 1684; in 1700 he was Missioner in the Yorkshire District,
and became Chaplain at Brough. From 17 14/ '5 to 1 720/1 he was at St. Germains,
and confessor to King James. In 1721 he became Rector of Watten, and in 1724
Provincial ; in 1725 he became Chaplain to Mary (Sherburne), Duchess of Norfolk ;
in 1733 he was again Rector of Watten. He died at St. Omer's 1750, aged 84.
Foley, vii. 440.
17 He entered the Soc. 1708. He was living with Mr. Fermor at Bristol about
1724, and in London in 1727. In 1734 he became Rector of the Eng. Coll., Rome.
He died there 1739, aged 56. Foley, vii. 489.
18 He entered the Soc. 1691. He served the mission of Leigh, and others in the
Lancashire District, and afterwards in the London District, of which he became
Rector in 1736. He died in London 1743, aged 72. Foley, vii. 538.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 173
Parker^ Ric: Parkinson? Tho: Ryther, Edw: Saltmarsh, Jh: Smith?
Rob: Stanfield, Tho: Tasburg* Jh. Turberville? Ch: Turville* Pet:
Williams.1
17. To M1 [Hen.] Hayes at Driby, near Horn Castle Lincoln-
shire.
18. (To Mrs Ratcliff at ye Ld Cliffords at U brook 8 near Chudleigh,
Devonshire can.) Tho: Risdon.9
19. To Mr Ward Woollen draper in Durham. Tho: Pierson.
20. To Mr John Noris10 at Burton near Petworth, Sussex.
21. To Mr Young11 at Mr Cliftons in Old Street Durham. Alexius
Pockets.
22. To Mr [Mic.] Tichburn12 at Sir Rowld Stanleys at Hooten near
Chester. Rob: Turner.
23. To Mr [Ch:] Brown 13 at Mr Wrights at Kelvedon Hall near
Onger, Essex.
1 Alias Culcheth. He entered the Soc. 1674 ; was three times Rector of Liege ;
he was Provincial 1712 to 1715, and about 1724 was Superior of the London District.
He died at Liege 1730, aged 76. Foley, vii. 188.
2 He entered the Soc. 1704; served in the London District for many years, and
afterwards in the Suffolk District. He died at Ghent 1748, aged 67. Foley, vii.
570.
3 He entered the Soc. 1688; in 1700/1 he was Missioner in the Durham Dis-
trict, and in 1701/2 he was at Scarisbrick, Lancashire, the seat of the family of that
name. In 17 10 he was sent to the London District ; in 1743 he became Rector of
that District. He died in London 1754, aged 85. Foley, vii. 718.
4 He entered the Soc. 1691. In 1701 he was Missioner in the Suffolk District,
and from 1704 until near his death in the London District. He died in Dublin 1727,
aged 54. Foley, vii. 762.
5 Alias Farmer or Fermor. He entered the Soc. 1683. He was Missioner in
Lancashire for some years, and was Chaplain to the Andertons at Lostock. In
1 7 10 he was in the Yorkshire District. From 1725 to 1731 he was Provincial j when
he became Rector of the London District. He died there 1735, aged 72- Foley,
vii. 785.
6 He entered the Soc. 1700; from 171 1/2 to 1724 he was Missioner at Ince
Blundell, Lancashire (the seat of the Blundells), and in 1725 was sent to the London
District. From 1733 to 1735 he was at Antwerp; in 1739 he became Rector of
Ghent; in 1752 he was in London ; in 1753 he was at Watten, where he died 1757,
aged 76. Foley, vii. 789.
7 lie entered the Soc. 17 10. He was in London in 1728. In 1754 he was in
the Suffolk District, and died at Ingatestone, co. Essex, 1755, aged 66. Foley,
vii. 847.
8 More correctly Ugbrooke. It is mentioned in the Addresses for 1767, 1768,
1769, and 1772.
* Alias Bluet. He entered the Soc. 1685 ; was sent to England 1695, and became
Superior of the Devon District. He died at Watten 1744, aged 82. Foley, vii. 652.
10 He entered the Soc. 1692/3. From 1715 to 1719 he was Rector of Ghent;
1724-28 Rector of the Hampshire District at Burton, near Petworth ; from 1738
onwards he was Missioner in the Suffolk and Hampshire Districts ; he died 1754,
aged 82. Burton was the seat of the Goring and Biddulph families. It occurs in the
Addresses for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 550.
11 This is an alias for Alexius Tocketts. He entered the Soc. 1689 ; served
missions in the Durham District, and died (probably there) 1731, aged 66. Hooton
is mentioned in the Addresses for 1767 and 1772. Foley, vii. 781, 947, 950.
12 He entered the Soc. 1712 ; was Missioner for several years at Sir R. Stanley's
at Hooton, co. Chester ; see note above, under No. 9, " Blandyke " (St. Omer's).
Foley, vii. 780.
13 Vere Le Maitre. He entered the Soc. 1693 ; served the mission at Kelvedon
from 1726 till his death there 1737. Foley, vii. 450.
174 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
24. (To Mr Hen: More 2 at Hawkwell near Tunbridge, Kent can.)
25. To Mr ([Rob.] Aldred2 can.) (Clifton3 ins.) at Little Crosby
near Leverpoole Lancashire.
26. To Mr [Will.] (Berch 4 can.) Pendrell at (Haggerston 5 can.) at
Berrington (near Berwick can.) to be left at ye Post house in Belford,
Northumberland.
27. (To Mr Powell6 at Idsworth,7 by Harting bagg. Sussex can.)
28. (To Mr Wm Boucher at Mr Bartlets of Hillen8 near Wor-
cester, by Worcester bagg can.)
29. To Mrs Mary Marchant at Madme Paston's9 at Michael Gate,
York. Ralph Candish,10 Jh: Chapman^ Edw: Saltmarsh^ Geo:
Thorold.
30. (To Mr Edw: Scarisbrick 12 at Sir Gery13 Cliftons of Clifton near
Nottingham can.)
31. (To Mr (Tho: Roberts14 can.) ([Jh.] Hill16 ins.) at ye Starr in
Holywell by Northrop bagg Flintshire can.)
1 Otherwise Francis, and alias or vere Ford. He entered the Soc. 1684 ; in
1705 and 1706 he was in the Lancashire District; in 1708 in the Hampshire
District ; in 17 10 and till his death, 1730, he was in Kent. Foley, vii. 519.
2 He entered the Soc. 1697 ; served Little Crosby (the seat of the Blundells) for
many years, and died there 1728, aged 54. Foley, vii. 6.
3 i.e. Fr. James Clifton. He entered the Soc. 1719. He was Missioner at
Crosby for some years, and died there 1750, aged 52. Little Crosby occurs 1767,
1768, 1769, 1772. Foley, vii. 140.
4 Alias Pendrell. P'oley, vii. 581.
6 Then the seat of the Haggerstons, Baronets. It occurs in the Lists for 1677,
1768, 1769, and 1772.
6 Alias Ashton. He entered the Soc. 1677 ; in 1707 he became Rector of the
Roman College; in 1712 of Liege; and in 1715 of St. Omer's. In 1724 he was
Missioner in Sussex. Foley, vii. 616.
7 A seat of the Lords Dormer in Hampshire. See Foley, vii. 205. Idsworth
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
8 More correctly Hillend, the seat of the Bartlets.
9 The well-known Convent of the Institute of the B.V.M., of which "Madame
Paston" was the Superioress. She was Dorothy, daughter of Francis Bedingfeld,
of Redlingfield, co. Suffolk, by his wife Mary Paston ; she became second
Superioress in 1699, on the death of her great-aunt, Frances Bedingfeld ; she died
1734. See Cath. Rec. Soc. iv. 357.
10 He was otherwise known as Hugh Taylor. He entered the Soc. 1706; after
teaching, &c, in the Colleges abroad he was sent to the English Mission in 17 14,
and was stationed in the Yorkshire District, being for many years Chaplain to the
Micklegate Convent. He died there 1727, aged 49. This address occurs in the
Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 113 and 764.
11 Alias or vere St. Leger. He entered the Soc. 1692 ; served the missions of
Salden, co. Bucks, and Spital, near Windsor. He died at the Micklegate Convent
1729, aged 60. Foley, vii. 128.
12 He entered the Soc. 1682; in 1700/1 he was Missioner in the Derbyshire
District, and Chaplain to the Cliftons at Clifton, co. Notts ; in 1703/4 he was in the
Lancashire District; in 1707/8 he was again in the Derbyshire District, of which he
was Rector in 17 14-15. In 1735 he was in the London District, where he died
that year aged 72. Foley, vii. 687. 13 Sir Gervase Clifton.
14 He entered the Soc. 1696. He served the Holywell Mission for many years,
and died there 1727, aged 54. Foley, vii. 656.
15 He entered the Soc. 1704 ; served the mission at Stapehill, Dorset, for a short
time, and also in Glamorganshire ; later for some years at Holywell. He died in
London 1751, aged 68. Holywell occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and
1772. Foley, vii. 360.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, I727-I734 1 75
32. To Mr John Thornton1 at Haggerston (near Berwick) to be
left at ye Posthouse in Belford, Northumberland.
33. To Mr [Ch.] Shirburn2 at Beries Hall by Swaffam bagg,
Norfolk.
34. (To Mr Howes 3 at Boscobell,4 to be left at Mr Massons at the
Starr in Wolverhampton Staffordshire, can.) Rob. Collingwood.b
35. (To Mr Hen. Rookwood6 at Coldham 7 near S* Edmd8 Bury
Suffolk can.)
36. To Mr Char: Poole8 at Sutton9 near Gilford, Surrey.
37. To Mr Wm Case10 to be left at Mr Rosses, Townditch
Worcester. Wm Baxter.
38. To Mr Ambr: Isles11 at Sutton, near Ferrybridge Yorkshire.
39. To Mr Turner12 at (Claxby13 can.) Kerman14 near Market
Reason, by Lincoln bagg. Edm. Thorold.
40. (To Mr [Ralph Gower15 erased] (Fairfax16 ins.) at Stonyhurst17
to be left at ye (White Bull can. Post house in Preston, Lancashire can.)
Edw. Carteret.
1 Alias Le Hunt. He entered the Soc. 1693. He became Chaplain and
Missioner at Haggerston, co. Northumberland (the seat of the family of that name),
in 1701. He became Superior of the Durham District in 1736. In 1753 he removed
to Ellingham (a seat of the same family), and died at Durham 1759, aged 84.
Haggerston occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 773
and 382.
2 He entered the Soc. 1702. He was appointed Rector of the Suffolk District
1728; became Provincial 1740 ; and died in London 1745, aged 61. Berie's, Bure's
or Bury's Hall was a seat of the Bedingfeld family. Foley, vii. 710.
3 Probably the Fr. William Howe, alias Pendrel, who entered the Soc. 1722, and
died in Rome 1746. Foley, vii. 376.
4 The scene of Charles II.'s escape near Tong, Shropshire ; at this time it was
the property of the Fitzherberts, of Swynnerton, co. Stafford.
• He entered the Soc. 1677 ; was sent to England 1694, and stationed in the
Staffordshire District ; he died at Boscobel 1740, aged 83. Foley, vii. 147.
6 He entered the Soc. 1681 ; he served the Mission of Coldham Hall for many
years, and died in Norfolk 1730, aged 71. Foley, vii. 670.
7 The seat of the Rookwood family. This occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768,
1769, and 1772 ; that for 1768 gives the patron's name as Gage.
8 Otherwise Pole, or de la Poole. In 1704 he was Minister at Liege. In 1724
he was Missioner at Sutton, near Guildford, and died probably there in 1740, aged 71.
Foley, vii. 609.
9 The seat of the Westons, now the property of their representative, Philip
Witham, Esq.
10 Alias Baxter. He entered the Soc. 171 1 ; served the mission at Worcester
from about 1720 till his death there 1747, aged 57. Foley, vii. 122.
11 Vere Jackson. He entered the Soc. 1704. He served in the Yorkshire District
for many years, and died 1746, aged 61. The Isles family owned property at Sutton.
Foley, vii. 915.
" Alias Edmund or Epiphanius Thorold. He entered the Soc. 1686/7 '■> served
the mission of Market Rasen for many years, and died 1732, aged 63. Foley, vii. 774.
13 The seat of the Markhams.
M More correctly Kirmond, a few miles N.E. of Market Rasen.
15 Otherwise Hornyold. He entered the Soc. 1693 ; was Missioner in the Lanca-
shire District for many years, being stationed at Lytham (the Cliftons), at Stonyhurst
(1724), at Bryn (the Gerards), and Ashton (in Makerfield). He died 1740, aged 66.
Foley, vii. 372.
16 Alias Carteret. Foley, vii. 119.
17 Then the seat of Mary (Shireburn), Duchess of Norfolk. It occurs in the Lists
for 1767, 1768 (where Weld is stated to be the patron), and 1772.
176 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
41. To M1 John Constable1 at M1 Fitzherberts at Swinerton near
Stone to be left at Sandeford,2 Staffordshire.
42. To M1 (Rich. Tasburgh 3 Junr can.) (Ant. Bedingfield4 ins.) at
Flixton by Beccles bagg, Suffolk.
43. To Mr Lewis at Mls Daniel's 5 in Shaddow Street, Great
Warningfield near Sudbury, Suffolk. Jh: Gage.
44. To Mr (John Busby 6 can. [Ralph] (Gower 7 ins.) at Brin near
Ashton by Warrington bagg, Lancashire.
45. To Mr [Will.] Pordage8 at Oxborough hall, to be left at Stoke
ferry, Norfolk.
46. (To Mr[Tho.J Lochard9 at Cheame by Croydon bagg, Surrey can.)
47. To Mr Ch: Dormer10 at ye Lady [Guilfords in Chichester can.]
North,11 to be left with Mra Andrews at Petersfield Hampshire (ins.).
48. To Mr [Jh.] (Tho. Burnet 12 can.) [Fleetwood ins.] at Broughton
near Skipton in Craven (by Ferry bridge bagg can.) Yorkshire.
49. To Mr (Wm Copley13 can.) Ch: Williams14 at Edw. Ferrars
Esqre (Sutton Coldfield Warwickshire ins.).
1 Alias Lacey. He entered the Soc. 1695 ; was Chaplain at Swynnerton for
many years, and died there 1740, aged 62. Foley, vii. 159.
2 A large farm in Swynnerton, on the road from Stone to Nantwich. Swynnerton
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
3 He entered the Soc. 1710; in 1728, or earlier, he was Missioner at Flixton (the
seat of his family) ; he died (probably there) 1735, aged 42. Foley, vii. 762.
* He entered the Soc. 17 14 ; he served in the Suffolk District between 1724 and
1730, and in 1735 became the last Missioner at Flixton. From 1741 to 1746 he was
at Liverpool. He died at Liege 1752, aged 54. Foley, vii. 45.
6 Alias John Gage. He entered the Soc. 1670. In 1685 he was Missioner in
the Suffolk District, and died (probably there) 1728, aged 77. Foley, vii. 282.
6 Mrs. Daniel was the heiress of Sir Robt. Kempe, of Pentloe, co. Essex, and was
a benefactress to the Society.
7 Alias Brown. He entered the Soc. 1699; served the mission of Bryn, co.
Lancaster (a seat of the Gerards), for some time. He was the first fixed resident priest
at Bristol. Brin occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 105.
8 Alias Collins. He entered the Soc. 1670 or 167 1. In 1685 he was Missioner
in the Suffolk District, and was Rector of that "College" 1701. He died at Ox-
burgh (the seat of the Bedingfelds) in 1736, aged 85. Oxburgh occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 615.
9 Or Lockhart. He entered the Soc. 1693. After being at Cheame he was also
stationed at Culcheth Hall, in Lancashire, the seat of the family of the same name,
and died at Bryn 1744, aged 72. Foley, vii. 464.
10 He entered the Soc. 1709 ; became 6th Lord Dormer in 1728. He was at
Petersfield in 1724, and subsequently served at Puddington, co. Chester (Mr. Massey's),
and at Liverpool. He died at Gt. Missenden, co. Bucks, 1761, aged 71. Foley, vii. 205.
11 This appears to be Maria Margaretta, daughter of" Cornelius de Long, Lord of
Ellemeet, in the United Provinces, who married, firstly, William, 6th Lord North,
who served under Marlborough in Flanders ; and secondly, in 1735, Patrick, 7th Lord
Elibank. She died 1762. Lord North became a Catholic in 1728, and died at
Madrid in 1734. {Diet, of Nat. Biog.)
12 He entered the Soc. 1681 ; served the mission of Broughton Hall, the seat of
the Tempests, for many years, and died (probably there) 1727, aged 66. Broughton
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 104.
13 He entered the Soc. 1686 ; in 170 1 he was a Missioner in the Hampshire Dis-
trict, and in 171 1 in the London District; later he was Chaplain to the Mannocks
at Giffard's Hall, Suffolk, and later to the Ferrers, of Baddesley, where he died 1727,
aged 59- Foley, vii. 165.
14 Alias Hubert Hacon. He entered the Soc. 1698 ; in 1728 he was Chaplain to
Lord Petre, and then to the Ferrers, and in 1740 to Lord Arundell at Wardour, where
he died 175 1, aged 74. Foley, vii. 845 and 326.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 1 77
50. (To Mr Hen. Stanley1 at Waterperry2 to be left at ye Starr in
Oxford can.)
5 1. To Mr Jos. Blundel 3 at Spinckhill 4 near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
52. To Mr (Jos. Scarisbrick5 can.) (Hen. Smith ins.) at Dutton
Hall 6 near Preston in ye Hill by Warrington bagg Cheshire.
53. To Mr Leon. Coniers 7 to be left at Mr Geo. Binsteds mercer
in Hambleton by Fareham bagg, Hampshire.
54. To Mr Adam Pigot8 at Cale Hill near Charing, by Ashford
bagg, Kent.
55. To Mr (Rich. Smith9 can.) at Culcheth10 near Warrington,
Lancashire.
56. (To Mr[Hen.] Hayes (Bonav: Lane11 can.) (with Mr Darrell
erased) at Scotney near Lamberhurst, Kent, can.)
57. To Mr [Hen.] Bolt12 at Mr Berkeleys of Spetchley near Worcester.
58. To Mrs (Mary Clavering can.) [Rob.] Turner at Calalay13 near
Alnwick, Northumberland. Hen. Widdrington^
1 Alias Culcheth. He entered the Soc. 1706; in 1716-8 he was Professor of
Philosophy at Liege ; he served the missions in the Oxford District for many years ;
was sent to the Lancashire District about 1748, and died at Culcheth Hall 1753,
aged 65. Foley, vii. 733.
2 The seat of the Curzons. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, and 1769.
3 He entered the Soc. 1703 ; served for some years in the Yorkshire District, and
was some time at Spink Hill, co. Derby. He died at Watten 1759, aged 73. Foley,
vii. 66.
* Now the College of Mount St. Mary's. This is one of the earliest centres of
the labours of the Society. Fr. John Pole was sent from Spink Hill to Valladolid in
1600. Spinkhill occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
6 He was also known as Neville. He entered the Soc. 1692/3 ; in 1705 he was
Missioner in the London District ; in 1706 in the Worcester District, and in 17 14 in
the Devonshire District; in 1721 he was in the Lancashire District, where he died
1728/9, aged 56. Foley, vii. 690.
6 The seat of the Fleetwoods, and inherited by them from the Gerards of Gerard's
Bromley, co. Stafford.
7 He entered the Soc. 1690; he served most, if not all, his missionary life in the
Hampshire District; and died at Southend, Soberton, 1745, aged 74. Calehill is
mentioned in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 155.
8 He entered the Soc. 1694 ; in 1724 he was at Cale Hill (a seat of the Darells),
co. Kent; during 1741 in London; and died at Crondon Park, co. Essex, 175 1,
aged 78. Foley, vii. 599.
9 He is also known as Saville. He entered the Soc. 1680; served the Lulworth
Mission from about 1685 till 1707, and the Lancashire District for many years ; he
died in Lanes. 1735, aged 75. Foley, vii. 720.
10 The seat of the family of the same name. It occurs in the Lists for 1767,
1768, 1769, and 1772.
11 He entered the Soc. 1706. He was Chaplain to the Darells of Scotney for
some years, and subsequently at Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster, a seat of the Petres,
and formerly of the Walmesleys, where he died 1750, aged 66. Scotney occurs in
the Lists for 1767, 1768, and 1769. Foley, vii. 432.
12 Alias Bolt and M'Intosh. He entered the Soc. 1691 ; soon after 1704 was
sent to England, and became Chaplain at Spetchley, and for some years was Rector
of the Worcestershire District; in 1734 he was declared Rector of Liege, and in
1737 Provincial. He died at Liege 1743, aged 73. Spetchley occurs in the Lists
for 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 74.
13 Then the seat of the Claverings. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769,
and 1772.
14 He entered the Soc. 1687 ; served in the Durham District for many years.
He died (probably at Callalv) 1729, aged 61. Foley, vii. 841.
XIII. M
178 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
59. (To Mr [Rob.] Garbot1 at Mr Jones' by Drybridge in
Monmouthshire can.)
60. To Mr (Cottam 2 can.) [Ign.] Brooks3 at Benj. Blackeburns
Esqr in Sheffield, Yorkshire (Boulsterstone ins.).
61. To Mr Tho. Roberts4 (alias Busby ins.) at the Globe in
Leicester.
62. (To Mr Ch: Williams to be left wth Mr Collins at Dadnam
near Sittenburn Kent can.)
63. To Mr (Ch: Powell 5 can.) Lane at Dunkenhall 6 near Blakeburn,
Lancashire.
64. To Mr Gilb. Gray 7 at Ingatestone Hall, Essex.
65. To Mr8 [Mary ? Sheers can.] Brook 8 (ins.) at Great Canford 9
near Wimborn, Dorsetshire. [Above Brook, the name Jennison 10 has
been added later.]
66. To Mr Franc. Gibson11 at Sir Charles Brown's at Kiddington
by Eustone bagg, Oxfordshire.
67. To Mr Thomas Kimber12 at Powis Castle by Welsh Poole,
Montgomerie.
1 Alias Richardson. He entered the Soc. 1688 ; he served the missions in the
South Wales District for many years, and was long its Rector. In 1733 he went to
the Hampshire District, and was for some time at Lulworth Castle. He died 1737,
aged 66. Foley, vii. 286 and 647.
2 There is no priest in Foley of this name that fits in with this date.
3 He entered the Soc. 1699 ; about 1724 was Missioner and Chaplain at Mr. B.
Blackburn's (? Blakehurst's) at Boulsterstone, near Sheffield ; in 1728 he was declared
Rector of the Derbyshire District; and died at St. Omer 1751, aged 81. Foley,
vii. 90.
* He entered the Soc. 1675 ; in 1701 and later he was Rector of the Derbyshire
District. He died at Liege 1750, aged 94. Foley, vii. 106.
6 He entered the Soc. 1679 5 m *724 he was Missioner at Dunkenhalgh, the seat
of Catherine {nSe Walmesley), Dowager Lady Petre. Foley, vii. 626.
6 A seat of the Lords Petre, and by them inherited from the Walmesleys. It
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
7 Vere Talbot. He entered the Soc. 1694; was sent to England in 1701 or
1702, where he served missions in the Lancashire District, including Preston, Billing-
ton, &c. ; in 171 1 he was Rector of that "College," but afterwards removed to the
Suffolk District, and was Chaplain to Lord Petre at Ingatestone. About 1726 he re-
turned to Lancashire, and was Chaplain at Dunkenhalgh. In 1738 he removed to
the London District, but was back in Lancashire in 1739. He died in London
1743, agecl 71* He became 13th Earl of Shrewsbury in 17 18. Foley, vii. 318 and
754-
8 It is not easy to decide which of the various Brooks or Brookes this Father was.
It might be Fr. Ignatius Brook (Foley, vii. 90) ; or Fr. Thomas Brooke (Foley,
vii. 91) ; or possibly one of the two Frs. Thomas Poulton mentioned in Foley, vii. 90
and vii. 625.
• A seat of the Webbe family. Canford occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769,
and 1772.
10 Michael Jennison entered the Soc. 1675. From 1701 and onwards for many
years he was Missioner in the Hampshire District, and about 1724 was Chaplain to
the Webbes at Canford. He died at Watten 1735, aged 80. Foley, vii. 400.
11 He entered the Soc. 1687. In 1701 and 1704 he was serving the missions in
the Worcester District ; in 17 18 in the Suffolk District, and in 1724 and after he
was at Kiddington. He died there 1738, aged 69. Foley, vii. 300.
12 He entered the Soc. 1706. He served in the North Wales District for many
years. In 1724 and after he was at Powis Castle, the seat of the Herberts, Earls
(and titular Dukes) of Powis; he died there 1742, aged 54. Foley, vii. 419.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 179
68. (To Mr Geo. Brown1 at Gateshead house near Newcastle
uppon Tyne, Northumberland can.)
69. To Mr Pet. Curson2 at Mr Wells at Brambridge near Winchester.
70. To Mr (Christ. Coniers 3 can.) (C. Powell can.) Ric. Moore 4 at
Esqre Nevil's uppon ye Green in Richmond, Surrey.
71. To Mr John Mannock5 at Mr Sheldons of Weston near
Shipston uppon Stower Worcestershire.
72. (To Mr John Inglefield 6 at Mr Messengers of Fountains Abbey
near Ripon, Yorkshire can.)
73. To Mr Tho [Holland can.] Soutcout7 (?) at Ingatestone Hall Essex.
74. To [Mr John Peares 8 alias Hayman (inserted) ] at MM Row of
Trevithic9 near S. Columbe in Cornwall. [See also 161 (If. Foley's
hand).]
75. To Mr Wm Clark10 at Un Vaughans in (Hereford can.).
76. To Mr (John Gardiner " can.) Poulton 12 at MrB Smiths of Quini-
borough near Leicester.
1 Alias Pippard. He entered the Soc. 1688; served missions in the Durham
District for many years; he was at Gateshead in 1701 ; he retired to the Continent
after the Rebellion of 1715, but eventually returned to the Durham District, where
he remained till shortly before his death in 1735, aged 65. Newcastle occurs in the
Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 92.
2 He entered the Soc. 1706. In 1724 he was Chaplain to Mr. Wells, of Bram-
bridge, and died at Winchester 1766, aged 79. Dr. Challoner mentions him at
Brambridge in 1741. Foley, vii. 191.
3 He entered the Soc. 1688 ; was sent to England 1698. In 1701 and 1704 he
was in the Hampshire District, and in 1 704 he was at Mr. Neville's He died 1 730,
aged 61. Foley, vii. 154.
* He entered the Soc. 1693. From 1704 until about 1725 he was a Missioner
in the Lancashire District. He was then stationed at Holywell. He left Holywell
for the London District 1731. About 1740 he returned to North Wales, where he
died 1753, aged 81. Foley, vii. 517.
6 Alias or vere Petre. He entered the Soc. 1680. In 17 10 he was in the Wor-
cester District, as Chaplain to the Sheldons at Weston. He died 1738, aged 77.
Weston occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 593.
6 Or rather Englefield. He entered the Soc. 1696 ; in 1724 and following years
he served the mission in England ; at Mr. Messenger's at Fountains, at Mr. Hussey's
at Marnhull, co. Dorset, and at Clytha, co. Monmouth. He died 1733, aged 57.
Foley, vii. 227.
7 i.e. Southcote. Fr. Edward Southcote entered the Soc. 17 19.
8 He entered the Soc. 1687. In 1701 and 1704 he was serving in the Hamp-
shire District. Most of his time was spent in Cornwall, at Trevethick, or at Tolfrey.
In 1724 he was at Trevethick. He died at Tolfrey 1756, aged 87. Tolfrey is near
Fowey, and was the residence of the Couche family. (Oliver, Collections, p. 33.)
Fowey occurs in the Lists for 1768, 1769, and I772* Foley, vii. 348.
9 Trevethick was originally the seat of a branch of the Arundells of Lanherne,
and was inherited from them about the middle of the seventeenth century by the
marriage of Richard Rawe or Rowe with Bridget, dau. of William Arundell. (Gil-
bert's History of Cornwall, )
10 He entered the Soc. 1687. In 1 701-4 he was Missioner in the Hereford and
South Wales District, where his whole career was spent ; he died at Hereford 1734,
aged 65. Hereford occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772, but the
priest was living "at his (own) house." During the same period there was another
priest at Hereford at Mrs. Bodenhams. Foley, vii. 135.
11 He entered the Soc. 1680; in 1701 he was serving the missions in the Derby-
shire District, and is found at Queniborough in 1724. He died at Liege in 1727,
aged 70. Foley, vii. 287.
12 Probably Fr. Giles Poulton, alias Palmer, who entered the Soc. 1721. He was
Missioner at Belgrave, near Leicester, prior to 1731. From 1 737 to 1746 he was at
Plowden, co, Salop. He died in London 1752, aged 58, Foley, vii, 622,
l8o ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
77. To M1 John Bodenham1 at Courtfield,2 to be left with M1
Lewis mercer in Monmouth.
78. (To Mr [Jh.] Hawker3 to be left at Mrs Cranes in Lincoln
can.)
79. (To Mr James Blake4 at M1'8 Mannocks at Bromley Hall near
Colchester (Essex ins.) can.)
80. To M1* Rob. Widdrington 5 at Biddleston to be left at ye Post
house in Alnwick, Northumbd.
81. (To M™ Ann Walgrave next door to ye White Lyon in S* Giles8
Norwich.6 with succh a stroke, can.)
82. To Mr (Richard Mollyneux7 can.) Tho Maire8 at Gateshead
house near Newcastle uppon Tyne, Northumberland.
83. To Mr Edw. Sadler9 (at ye Swan in can.) at Mr Resbrooks
marget-End 10 near Ingatestone, Essex.
84. To Mr [Ric] Billinge11 at Garswood 12 near Ashton by Warring-
ton bagg, Lancashire.
85. To Mr Walt: Vavasor13 to be left at ye White Bull in Preston
Lancashire.
1 He entered the Soc. 1 709. From 1 724 to 1 740 he was Missioner and Chaplain
at Courtfield; in 1740 he was Rector of Watten. In 1 741 he returned to England
and died at Croxteth (Vise. Molyneux') 1750. Foley, vii. 68.
2 The seat of the Vaughans. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and
1772.
3 He entered the Soc. 1704. He served in the Lincolnshire District for many
years. He died at St. Omer's (being too infirm to bear removal at the expulsion of
the Fathers) 1764, aged 77. Lincoln (St. Peter at Arches) occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 345.
* Alias Cross. He entered the Soc. 1675. He was Chaplain at Bromley Hall
from 1720 to 1728, when he died, aged 79. Foley, vii. 64.
5 He entered the Soc. 1679. He served the mission of Biddlestone (the seat of
the Selby's) for many years, and died at Durham 1 741/2, aged 82. Foley, vii. 842.
6 With such a stroke, i.e. with a line under Norwich. Norwich (St. Swithin's
Lane) occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
7 Where he is the senior of the two Fathers Richard Molyneux. He entered the
Soc. 171 5. In 1724 and following years he was Missioner at Gateshead. From
1733 to 1749 he was in Maryland ; he became Chaplain to the Husseys at Marn-
hull, co. Dorset, in 1749. and removed thence to Bonham, co. Wilts (Lord Stourton's),
where he died 1766, aged 70. Foley, vii. 514.
8 He entered the Soc. 1720; served the mission at Gateshead for some time;
during 1740 he was in the Lancashire District ; he died at Leicester 1752, aged 49.
Foley, vii. 480.
9 He entered the Soc. 1690. He was in the London District in 170 1. In 1704
he was at Mr. Resbroke's, Marget End. He died at Wealside, Essex, 1751, aged 83 .
Foley, vii. 678.
™ Marget-end, i.e. Margaretting.
11 He entered the Soc. 1698 ; served the missions in Lancashire for many years ;
was Superior of that " College" in 1730, and died in that District 1732/3, aged 58.
Foley, vii. 58.
12 This was a seat of the Gerards of Bryn, and not the house now called Garswood
(formerly New Hall). Garswood occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and
1772.
13 He entered the Soc. 1681 ; in 1701 and 1704 he was Missioner in the
Lancashire District, and about 1724 his address was as above, "the White Bull,
Preston" He became 4th Baronet of Haslewood. In 171 5 he is described as of
Alston, co. Lancaster. {Eng. Cath. Nonjurors of 171 5, Estcourt and Payne.)
Preston (Friargate) occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
Foley, vii. 796.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 l8l
86. To Mr Franc. Jernegan1 at Causey Hall near Norwich.
87. To Mr Tho. Brooke2 at Tesmore by Bicester bagg Oxfordshire.
88. To Mr Wm Mollyneux 3 at Scholes near Prescot Lancashre.
89. (To Mr Sam. Musson 4 at Blyborough 5 near Kirton in Lindsey,
Lincolnshire can.)
90. To Mr Char. Percy 6 to be left wth Mr Knight of ye Talbot in
Bromsgrove Worcestershre.
91. To M1 Ant. Beddingfield at Fran. B edding fields 7 Esqr near
Harlston, Suffolk.
92. To Mr Steph. Roberts8 at Mr Overburys at Barton near
Morton in Marsh Gloucestershrc.
93. To Mr John Pyat9 at Esqre Selbys York.
94. To Mr Rob. Constable 15 x
95. To Mr (Rich. Caryl 10 can.) Beaumont n at Bonham by Shafston
bagg, Dorsetshire.
96. (To Mr (Jos. Constable 13 can.) Brown 13 at Esqre Plowdens in
Worcester can.)
I Otherwise Jerningham. He entered the Soc. 1707. He was at Cossey Hall,
the seat of his family, in 1724. He died in London I739» aged 51. Foley,
vii. 403.
3 He entered the Soc. 1701. He served the mission at Tusmore (the seat of the
Termors) for many years, and died at Ghent 1761, aged 82. Tusmore occurs in the
Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 91.
3 He entered the Soc. 1704; for many years served the mission at Scholes, jiear
Prescot, Lancashire ; in 1728 he was declared Rector of the Lancashire District;
in 1745 he became 7th Viscount Molyneux, and died 1759, aged 76. Scholes occurs
in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 514.
4 He entered the Soc. 1705. He served the missions in the Lincolnshire District
or many years, and died at St. Stephen's, Canterbury, 1769, aged 83. Foley,
vii. 535-
5 The seat of the Southcotes, Baronets.
6 He entered the Soc. 1685 ; served the mission of Grafton Manor, co. Wor-
cester, for many years, and died in that district 1735, aged 71. Foley, vii. 585.
7 Probably Francis Bedingfeld, of Redlingfield, co. Suffolk.
8 Alias Swindall. He entered the Soc. 1695 ; served missions in Gloucester-
shire for some years ; died at Ghent 1758, aged 81. Foley, vii. 753.
9 Entered the Soc. 1706 ; served the Yorkshire missions for many years ; in I724
was at Mr. Selby'sat York; died there 1743, aged 57. During the period 1767-
1772 there were five priests at York — at Lady Haggerston's, 1767, 1768, 1769;
at Mr. Meynel's, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1772; at Mrs. More's, Colliergate, 1767, 1768,
1769, 1772 ; at Mr. Dalton's, 1767, 1768, 1769; and at " Monast " (?the Convent)
in 1772. Foley, vii. 597.
10 He entered the Soc. 171 1 ; in 1722 he was at Lul worth, co. Dorset; then at
Ladyholt, co. Sussex. He left Ladyholt about 1724, and was stationed at Bonham,
co. Somerset; in 1727 went to Cheesburn Grange, near Hexham (the seat of
Widdringtons) ; he went to Stape Hill in 1745. and died there 175 1, aged 58.
Foley, vii. 122. *
II Father William Beaumont entered the Soc. 171 8 ; served in the Devon and
Cornwall Districts, and at Bonham and Lulworth in the Hampshire District ; he
died 1764, aged 85. Bonham occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
Foley, vii. 44.
" Otherwise Marmaduke Constable. He entered the Soc. 1690; from 1704 to
1708 he was serving in the Suffolk District; about 1724 he was residing with Mr.
Plowden at Worcester, and later at Sherington, co. Hereford; in 1741 he was in
the London District, and died at Watten 1750, aged 78. Foley, vii. 159.
13 It is impossible to decide which of the various Frs. Brown this Fr. can be
identified with. Worcester (Townditch) occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769,
and 1772.
182 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
97. (To Mr Geo. Brinckhurst x at Furnix Pelham by Puckeridge bagg
Hartfordshire can.)
98. To Mr (Christ. Burton2 can.) [Jh.] Bennet3 at Lytham4 to be
left at ye (White Bull can.) Posthouse in Preston, Lancashire.
99. (To Mr Franc. Andrews 5 [alias Evans ins.] at the Priory in
Monmouth can.)
100. To Mr (Franc. Mannock6 can.) (Richard Kingsley 7 can.) at
Ellingham8 near Alnwick, Northumberland. Franc. Arthur ■, Wm
Kingsley.
101. (To Mr Rich. Barard9 near Welsh Pool, Montgomery-
shire can.)
102. (To Mr [Wm] Brinckhurst at Mrs Brighams, York can.)
103. To Mr Ch. Brockholes 10 at Blackroad to be left at ye Post
house in Wigan, Lancashre.
104. To Mr Ch. Caryl11 at Gerard Bromley12 to be left at Black-
brook by Stone bagg, Staffordshire.
105. To Mr (John Chapman can.) ([Tho.] Whitgrave13 ins.) at
Salden near Winslow, Bucks.
I He entered the Soc. 1694. Between 1726 and 1730 he was Missioner at
Furnix Pelham, Hertfordshire, and died at St. Omer's 1739, aged 65. Furnix Pelham
is more correctly Pelham Furneux, and was in 171 5 the seat of John Francis New-
port, Esq. (Escourt and Payne, Eng. Cath. Nonjurors.) Foley, vii. 87 and 500.
3 Entered the Soc. 1693 J served the missions of Formby and Lytham, co.
Lancaster, for many years ; died at Watten 1744, aged 73. Foley, vii. 104.
3 Alias or vere Gosling.
4 The seat of the Cliftons. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and
1772.
5 Entered the Soc. 1679 ; served in the Hereford and South Wales District; in
1724 he was at the Priory, Monmouth, where he died 1727, aged 68. Foley,
vii. 12.
8 Alias Arthur. Entered the Soc. 1686 ; in 1701 he was Chaplain to Mr.
Fitzherbert, of Chester ; in 17 10 he was a Missioner in Liverpool ; in 1741 he was in
the Yorkshire District ; he died at York 1748, aged 78. Foley, vii. 485.
7 No Father of this name in Foley. There is, however, a Fr. William Kingsley
(vii. 420) who entered the Soc. 171 3, was at Ellingham in 1731, and died there
1734. aged 38.
8 A seat of the Haggerstons. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and
1772.
9 Or Barret. He entered the Soc. 1690; in 1704 was a Missioner in the
London District ; in 1 724 he was near Welshpool ; he died at Watten 1 740, aged 79.
Foley, vii. 34.
10 He entered the Soc. 1705 ; from 1711 to 1716 he was in Maryland ; he served
at Blackrod and Wigan for many years, and died at Wigan 1759, aged 75. Foley,
vii. 87.
II He entered the Soc. 1704. He was at Gerard's Bromley in 1724, and was at
Stapehill, co. Dorset, from 1738 till his death there in 1745, aSed 64. Foley,
vii. 122.
12 Formerly the seat of the Lords Gerard of Bromley. The old mission at Gerard's
Bromley is now represented by that at Ashley, where there is a competent chapel,
school, and priest's house, a fair congregation, and a suitable endowment. For some
reason, for a long period there was no resident priest, while the altar end of the church
was converted into a cottage. It has recently been resuscitated, and once again has
a resident priest. Blackbrook is a hamlet in the parish of Maer, on the road from
Newcastle (Staffs.) to Market Drayton. Bromley occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768,
1769, and 1772.
13 Salden was until 1729, when Sir Francis, the fourth and last Baronet, died, the
seat of the Fortescues.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 1 83
106. To Mr (John Champion 1 can.) Corby at Brugh a by Beddle 3
bagg to be left at Brampton uppon Swale) Yorkshire.
107. To Mr Wm Clifton 4 near Ince Blundel5 to be left at ye Post-
house in Leverpool, Lancashire.
108. To Mr William Collins 6 to be left wth Mr Knight at ye Talbot
Inn, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
109. (To Mr Ign. Constable 7 Do. can.)
no. To M1' Wm Dormer 8 at ye Priory in Monmouth,
in. (To Mr Eccop9 at Mrs Sales at Graveoak near Leigh by
Warrington bagg, Lancashire can.)
112. To Mr John Gifford10 at Danby near Bedall, Yorkshire.
113. (To Mr Tho. Green11 at Chame by Croydon bagg, Surrey
can.)
1 14. To Mr John Hardestie 12 at his house in Leverpool, Lancashire.
Jh: Lallart.
115. To MrTho. Hildyard13at Rotherwors to be left at ye Post-
house in Hereford. Owen Kingsley.
116. To Mr (John Hill canj ([Jh.] Scudamore ins.) to be left with
Tho. Hopkins in Pile near Margam, Glamorganshire.
117. (To Mr John Holland 14 at Penybont to be left with ye Post-
master at Oswestre by Salop bagg. Shropshire can.)
I He entered the Soc. 1713. In 1724 he was at Brough, co. York; about 1727
at Sawston, co. Cambs, the seat of the Huddlestons, where he lived many years.
He died 1776, aged 81. Foley, vii. 127.
3 Or Brough, near Catterick, the seat^ of the Lawsons. It occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
3 i.e. Bedale.
4 He entered the Soc. 1699 ; served the mission of Formby, co. Lancaster, for
nearly thirty years, and died there 1749, aged 71. Foley, vii. 141.
5 The seat of the Blundells, a few miles from Formby. It occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
• He is the younger of the two Frs. William Collins. He entered the Soc. 1704 ;
in 1 72 1 he was sent to the Worcester District, and probably served the Grafton
Mission. He died 1745, aged 62. Foley, vii. 150.
7 Alias Place. He entered the Soc. 1709 ; he served in the Worcester District,
probably at Grafton, and died 1727, aged 63. Foley, vii. 158.
8 He entered the Soc. 17 14. He served at the Priory, Monmouth, also in the
Suffolk District, and died at Stapehill, Dorset, 1758, aged 68. Foley, vii. 207.
9 He entered the Soc. 1715. In 1724 he was at Mrs. Sales'. He died in London
1735, aged 38. Foley, vii. 220.
10 Or Giffard. He entered the Soc. 1705. He was at Danby (the seat of the
Scropes) for many years ; from 1741 till his death in 1757, aged 74, he was at
St. Omer's. Danby occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley,
vii. 301.
II Possibly the Fr. Thomas Westby alias Green. He entered the Soc. 1 724; served
the Hampshire Mission for some years, and died there 1735/6, aged 32. Foley,
vii. 829 and 909. See C.A\S. ii. 314.
11 Alias John Tempest. See note above, under No. 7, " Hilton " (Rome). Liver-
pool (Edmond Street) occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. See
C.R.S. ix. 182.
13 He entered the Soc. 1 707. He was many years a Missioner in the Hereford
and South Wales District. He died at Rotherwas (the seat of the Bodenhams) 1746,
aged 56. Foley, vii. 360.
14 Alias Martindale. He entered the Soc. 1690; he was at Penybont in 1724.
He had previously served in the Lincolnshire District 1 701-4. He died 1734,
aged 68. Foley, vii. 367 and 491.
I84 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
118. To Mr Richard Holland1 at Warder Castle2 near Salisbury,
Wiltshire.
119. To Mv Wm Howard 3 at M1S Thorpes at Danthorpe to be left
with Mr Wood grocer in Hull, Yorkshire.
1 20. To Mr Pet. Inghilby 4 at Sanford to be left at yc (Mitre can )
Star in Oxford.
121. To Mr (Tho. Inghilby 5 can.) ([Rob.] Garbet can) Whetenhall
at Lullworth Castle by Waram 6 bagg, Dorsetshire.
122. To Mr John Jones 7 at Frickley to be left at ye Posthouse in
Doncaster, Yorkshire.
123. To Mr Hen. Kemp8 at Wotten near Henley, by Stratford
uppon Avon bagg, Warwicksh.
124. To Mr Wm Lane 9 at Padwell near Southampton, Hampshre.
125. To Mr (Hen. Leigh 10 can) Robinson11 to be left at ye (White
Bull can.) Posthouse in Preston, Lancash: Alex: Leigh.
126. To Mr Richard Levinge12 at Holt to be left at ye Posthouse
in Harborough, Leicestershire.
127. To Mr John Masie13 at West Grinsted by Horsham bagg
Sussex.
1 Or Joseph Holland. He entered the Soc. 1697 ; he served in the Hampshire
District for many years ; Wardour Castle was probably his principal residence. He
died 1740, aged 64. Foley, vii. 366.
2 The seat of the Lords Arundell, of Wardour. It occurs in the Lists for 1767,
1768, 1769, and 1772.
3 He entered the Soc. 1713 ; in 1724 he was at Danthorpe; after serving in the
Yorkshire District for many years, he died at Watten 1770, aged 83. Foley,
vii. 375-
4 He entered the Soc. 17 12. In 1724 he was at Sandford (on Thames), co.
Oxford. He died in Lancashire I741. aged 50. Sandford was the seat of the
Powells and later of the Curzons. Foley, vii. 391.
6 He entered the Soc. 1703. He was Chaplain for some years to the Welds at
Lulworth (from 1723 to about 1729). He died in Paris 1729, aged 45. Lul worth
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 392.
6 i.e. Wareham.
7 He entered the Soc. 1709; served the mission of Frickley (the seat of the
Annes), and died in the Yorkshire District 1748, aged 65. Foley, vii. 407.
8 He entered the Soc. 1691 ; in 1701 he was serving in the Hampshire District ;
in 1724 and later he was at Wooton-Wawen (the seat of the Smiths, alias Carrington,
Lords Carrington), and died there 1737, aged 65. Foley, vii. 412.
9 He entered the Soc. 1699 ; he was Missioner at Slindon (the seat of the Kemps
and later of the Eyres), co. Sussex, and at Padwell, both in the Hampshire District.
He died at Winchester 1752, aged 80. Foley, vii. 432.
10 There is no Henry Leigh in Foley, but probably this is intended for Alexander
Leigh, whose name also occurs under this heading. Alexander Leigh, alias John
Layton, entered the Soc. 1700. In 1712 to 1719 he was a Missioner in Worcester
and that District; in 1728-29 he was in the Suffolk District, and in 1730 was at
Preston, where he purchased a house in Friargate in 1733 ; in 1741 he was in the
Durham District. He died 1748, aged 6y. Foley, vii. 448.
11 Alias Gasine or Gazain. He entered the Soc. 171 8 ; in 1732 was a Missioner
in the Lancashire District. He died at Preston 1742, aged 43. P'oley, vii. 658.
12 He entered the Soc. 1705. He was Rector of the Derbyshire District in 1738,
and Missioner at Holt, co. Leicester, the seat of the Nevilles. He died probably at
Holt 1745, aged 58. Holt occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
Foley, vii. 455.
13 Or Massie, alias or vere Hodges. He entered the Soc. 171 7. He served the
mission of West Grinstead for some years, about 1726, and died at Hereford 1760,
aged 62. Foley, vii. 492.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 185
128. To Mr(Rich. Meredith1 can.) i (Dean ins.) at Mrs Tichburns
at Shirefield by Rumsey bagg, Hampshire.
129. To Mr John Messenger2 at Brough-Wallis to be left at ye
three Cranes in Doncaster Yorkshire.
130. To Mr James Meynel 3 at Mr Thompsons in Pontefract by
Ferrybridge bagg, Yorkshire.
131. To Mr Hen. Mollyneux4 (att Hedg-court near East Grinsted
Sussex ins.).
132. To Mr Rich. More at ye Starr in Holywell by Northorp bagg,
Flintshire. (Left Holywell 1731 ins.)
133. To Mr Corn. Murphy5 at Scarisbrick 6 near Ormskirck,
Lancashire.
134. To Mr Perce Moystin 7 at his house in Wigan, Lancash.
135. To M1' John Musson 8 at ye Bell tree in Bath.
136. To Mr (Geo. Palmer9 can.) [Rob.] Petre at Eccleston10
Hall near Prescot, Lancashire.
137. (To Mr Wm Pennington11 at Mr Hardesties in Liverpool
Lancre can.)
138. To Mr Tho. Petre12 at Walton-hall near Wakefield, Yorksh16.
139. To Mr James Pool 13 at Mrs Bincks' in Richmond Yorksh1*.
1 He entered the Soc. 17 16. In 1743 he was declared Rector of the Lincoln-
shire District ; in 1 724 he was at Shirefield ; when in Lincolnshire his address was
Little Ponton, near Grantham. lie died at St. Omer's 1754. aged 58. Foley,
vii. 502.
2 He entered the Soc. 1 708. He was many years at Burghwallis, the seat of the
Annes, and died there 1752, aged 64. Burghwallis occurs in the Lists for 1769 and
1772; during 1767 and 1768 the priest appears to have lived at Winkhouse, near
Doncaster. Foley, vii. 502.
3 He entered the Soc. 1708; was Missioner at Pontefract for some years, and
died 1746, aged 57. Foley, vii. 504.
4 He entered the Soc. 171 3. In 1724 he was at East Grinsted; then at Bury
St. Edmunds, and later in the Hampshire District. He died at Redhill, Surrey,
I77It aged 78. Foley vii. 513.
5 He entered the Soc. 171 1 ; served the Lancashire Missions for many years ;
removed to London about 1748-9 ; and died there 1766. Foley, vii. 533.
6 The seat of the family of the same name. Scarisbrick occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, and 1769.
7 He entered the Soc. 1707 ; served the Wigan Mission for some years, and died
there 1735, aged 45. He became 3rd Baronet in 1720. Wigan (Standish Gate)
occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and I772« Foley, vii. 530,
8 He entered the Soc. 1699 ; became Chaplain to the Nevilles at Holt in 1724 ;
he was at Bath about 1726; he died at Winchester 1755, aged 75. Bath (Mr.
Porter's and Mr. Dalton's) occurs in the Lists for 1769 and 1772. Foley, vii. 535.
9 He entered the Soc. 171 3 ; served the missions of Eccleston and Slatedeph,
and died 1758, aged 66. Foley, vii. 565.
10 The seat of the family of that name. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768,
1769, and 1772.
11 He entered the Soc. 1681 ; in 1689 he was at Sawston, co. Cambridge; in
1 701 and 1704 in the Derbyshire District ; about I724 in Liverpool, where he died
1736, aged 75. Foley, vii. 584.
12 He entered the Soc. 1679; was many years Chaplain at Walton Hall, the seat
of the Watertons, where he died 1729, aged 66. Walton occurs in the Lists for
1769 and 1772. Foley, vii. 595.
13 Alias Foxe. He entered the Soc. 1 707 ; nearly all his missionary career was
spent in Yorkshire ; in 1 724 he was at Richmond ; he died in the Derbyshire Dis-
trict 1760, aged 75. Richmond occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
Foley, vii. 612.
l86 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
140. To Mr (Giles Pulton can.) Kingsley at Belgrave near Leicester.
141. To Mr (John Richardson1 can.) [Geo.] Palmer (at Brindle
can.) to be left at ye (Posthouse can. ; White Bull can.) Mitre in Preston,
Lancashire.
142. To Mr Richard Richardson.2
143. To Mr Tho. Risdon at the Ld Cliffords at (Ubrock can.)
Ugbrook near Chudleigh, Devonshre.
144. To Mr Tho. Ryther.
145. To Mr Hen. Sheldon 3 (Brussells ins.) Edm: Thorold erased.
146. To Mr Franc. Simons.4
147. To Mr (Edm. Smith 5 can) to be left at Apothecary Gerards in
Wigan, Lancashire.
148. To Mr Hill at Nettham Torys in Winburn, Dorsetshire (alias
Charles Stafford 6 at Canford 7 ins.).
149. (To Mr (Wignal8 can.) at Mr Walpoles at Dunston near
Lincoln can.)
150. To Mr Franc. Williams9 at Ince Blundel near Leverpool,
Lancashire.
151. To Mr (Edw. Withy10 can.) Wright at Warder Castle near
Salisbury, Wilts.
152. To Mr Charles Travagnion11 at Marshgate near Richmond
Surrey. Penny post.
153. (To Mr [Wm] Copley at Sutton Coldfield by Coleshill bagg,
Warwickshire can.)
154. To Mr [Mich.] Dean at Mrs Tichbum's of Shirefield by Rumsey
bagg, Hampshire.
1 He entered the Soc. 1684; was in Lancashire in 1700, and served there for
many years ; from 1724 to 1728 he was stationed at Brindle. He died 1728, aged
66. See Cath. Rec. Soc. vol. iv. p. 434- Foley, vii. 647.
2 He entered the Soc. 1690 ; in 1701, and later, he was at Dutton Lodge in the
Lancashire District. He died at St. Omer's 1738, aged 69. Foley, vii. 647.
3 He entered the Soc. 1705. In 1738 he was appointed Rector of the Eng.
Coll., Rome ; became Provincial 1744 ; in 175 1 he again became Rector at Rome,
where he died 1756, aged 70. Foley, vii. 704.
4 Or Simeon: vere Francis Plowden. He entered the Soc. 1682; in 1693 he
was Minister at Watten; in 1701 and 1704 Procurator at Paris; in 1728 at
Antwerp; in 1730 again at Paris; he died at Watten 1736, aged 74. Foley, vii.
712 and 603.
5 He entered the Soc. 1689/90. In 1701 or earlier he was at Crossen (sic, but is
not Croston intended?), co. Lancaster ; in 1704 and later he was at Wigan. He died
l727% aged 61. Foley, vii. 716.
• He entered the Soc. 1676; was sent to London 1696; served in the Hamp-
shire District for some years, and died at Ghent 1732, aged 80. Foley, vii. 717.
7 The seat of the Webbes.
8 He entered the Soc. 1697 ; in 1724, and later, he was at Mr. Walpole's. He
died in that mission 1728, aged 48. Foley, vii. 843.
9 Alias or vere Beaumont. He entered the Soc. 1702. He was serving in the
Maryland Mission from about 171 1 for seven years, and at Ince Blundell for most of
the rest of his life. He died there 1738, aged 56. Foley, vii. 43 and 845.
10 He entered the Soc. 1707 ; in 1724 he was at Wardour, the seat of the Lords
Arundell; in 1730 he was in Paris ; in 1741 he was in the Hampshire District; in
1752 he was declared Rector of the London District ; in 1759 of Liege, where he
died 1769, aged 80. Foley, vii. 854.
11 He entered the Soc. 1685 under the name of Drummond ; from 1695 to 1699
he was in the Suffolk District ; in 1704 in the London District ; he died there 1737,
aged 70. Foley, vii. 783 ; and C.R.S. vol. vii., Richmond Registers.
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 187
155. To Mr Brown1 at Reasby to be left at Langworth Inn near
Lincoln. Sam. Musson.
156. To Mr [Wm] Lane2 at Slinden near Arundel, Sussex.
157. (To Mr[Vinc.] Philip 3 at Giffords-Hall near Stoke by Box-
ford bagg Suffolk can.)
158. To Mr [Jh.] Hawker at Mr (Twell Attorney at Law can) Mil-
lingtons, in Lincoln.4
159. (To Mr [Jh.] Chapman Junr, at ye Spittle to be left at Mr
Hobbies in Windsor, Berks can.)
160. To Mr [Will.] Beaumont at Bonham by Shafston bagg, Dorset-
shire.
161. To Mr Haymand [alias Pearse ins.] at Mrs Roos at Trevithick
near S. Colombs. Cornwall. [See also N° 74 (Foley's hand).]
162. To Mr Nevill 5 at Mr Pickerings at ye White horse in Woman s
fMarket Warwick. Edw. Scarisbrick.
163. To Mr [Hen.] Stanley at Sir Fran. Cursons at (Great Milton
can) Water Perry near Tetsworth, Oxfordshire.
164. To Mr [Rob.] Colling wood6 at Black Ladys to be left wth
Mr Murson at ye Star in Woolverhampton, Staffordshire.
165. To Mr[Jos.] Wright at Warder Castle near Salisbury, Wilts.
166. To Mr [Jh.] Harper 7 at Wesby to be left at ye Posthouse in
Preston, Lancashire.
167. To IP ([Jh.] Inglefield can) R Molineux at Mr Husseys at
Marnhull 8 near Shafsbury, Dorsetshire.
168. To Mr Brown9 at Dunston near Lincoln. Sam. Musson.
169. To Mr([Jh.] Jackson10 can.) Leckonby n at Croston Hall12
near Chorley by Wigan bagg, Lancashire. Jh. Johnson™
170. To Mr ([Ch.] Tempest can.) ([Jh.] Ingilfield can.) at Clytha14
to be left wth MrTho: Lewis mercer in Monmouth.
171. To Mr Rich(1 Caryk 15 at Cheesbum Grange near Newcastle,
Northumbd.
1 Otherwise [Samuel] Musson. Foley, vii. 94 and 535.
2 Slindon was the seat of the Kemps, and passed from them to the Eyres, of
Hassop, co. Derby. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
3 Gifford's Hall was the seat of the Mannocks. It occurs in the Lists for 1 767,
1768, 1769, and 1772.
4 Probably John Millington, baker, of St. Peter at Arches Parish, Cath. Non-
Juror, 17 17. (J. O. Payne and C.R.S. iv.)
6 Vere [Edw.] Scarisbrick.
8 Blackladys' was the property of a branch of the Giffards of Chillington.
7 Vere Berington. He entered the Soc. 1691 ; in 1701 and 1704 he was at Mr.
Herketh's, of the Meols, co. Lancaster ; about 1724 he was at Westby, a seat of the
Cliftons, of Lytham. He died 1743, aged 70. Westby occurs in the Lists for 1767,
1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 54 and 334.
8 Marnhull occurs in the Lists for 1768.
9 Vere Musson. See Foley, vii. 94 and 535.
10 He entered the Soc. 17 19; about 1746 he was Superior of the Oxford Dis-
trict; he also served in the Lancashire District ; was at Croston in 1752 ; and died
in the same year at Liege (or Spa), aged 54. Foley, vii. 896.
11 Fr. Richard Leckonby served many years in Lancashire. Foley, vii. 445.
12 A seat of the Traffords. It occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
13 An alias for John Jackson, supra.
14 A seat of the Jones's, now Herberts.
15 Cheeseburn Grange was a seat of the Widdringtons, and later of the Riddells.
N
1 88 ADDRESSES OF THE STATIONS IN ENGLAND
172. To Mr Richard Cotton x [Mr Phillipps — but this is not cancelled]
at Mr Stockdales in Chappel fields Norwich.
173. To M1* Marshall2 at Mr Fermors in Erie Street Joblins Lays,
Bristol.
174. To Mr Lallart at Squire Whettenhalls at East-mulling near
Tunbridge, Kent.
175. To Mr Owen Kingsley at Mr Byerley's at (Bla can.) Belgrave
near Leicester.
176. To Mr Edward Scarisbrick [Senr] 3 att Bushy Hall near Wat-
ford Hertfordshire.
176A. To Mr Fr: Dormer4 at j CoTe'sTord^*^ } by Gloucester
Bag.
176B. To Mr Thorpe 5 at Mr Northouse's Bird Gate, Leeds.
177. To Mr Richd Boucher6 att Esq1 Chichester (att can.) Arling-
ton near Barnstaple, In Devonshire.
178. To Mr Will"' Boucher att Aston 7 near Stone, Staffordshire.
179. To MrPlowden8 at Plowden near Bishops Castle, Shropshire.
180. To Mr [Jos.] Constable at Sherington near Weobley, Here-
fordshire.
181. To Mr Fairfax9 at Stape Hill near Wimboorn, Dorsetshire.
Gild. Grey.
182. To Mr Hacon 10 at Mrs Ferrers at Sutton Coldfield by Coles hill
bag, Warwickshire. Ch. Williams.
183. To M1 Isaac Gibson11 at Wm Watsons Esq1' at Norton near
Tewksbury, Gloucestershire.
1 Fr. Richard Cotton, alias Phillips, entered the Soc. 1681 ; was at Norwich for
some years ; and died 1740, aged 75. Foley, vii. 177.
2 He entered the Soc. 1708 ; was at Mr. Termor's at Bristol in 1724 ; in 1734
he became Rector of the Eng. Coll., Rome ; he died there 1739, aged 56. Bristol
("at Mrs. Grosvenor's, St. Michells") occurs 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley,
vii. 489.
3 He entered the Soc. 1682, under the name of Neville ; in 1700/1 he was Mis-
sioner in the Derbyshire District and Chaplain to the Cliftons, of Clifton, co. Notts ; in
1 703/4 he was in the Lancashire District ; in 1707/8 again in the Derbyshire Dis-
trict; in 1735 he was in the London District, where he died that year, aged 72.
Foley, vii. 687.
4 He entered the Soc. 1734; he served in the South Wales and Hereford Dis-
tricts, and died at Cherry Orchard, Colesford, co. Gloucester (Lord Gage's), 1770,
aged 53. Cherry Orchard occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, and 1769. Foley,
vii. 206.
6 There is no Fr. Thorpe in Foley that fits in with the dates of the MSS.
6 Arlington occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
7 A seat of the Simeons, and later the property of the Welds. Aston occurs in
the Lists for 1769 and 1772.
8 Possibly the Fr. Edmund Plowden, alias Gage, who entered the Soc. 1682 ;
was in the Staffordshire District 1701 and 1704, and in 1727 was in the London
District.}* He died at Ghent 1740, aged 77. Plowden occurs in the Lists for 1767,
1768, 1769, and 1772. Foley, vii. 603.
9 Stapehill was then the property of Lord Arundell. It occurs in the Lists for
1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
10 Alias Charles Williams.
11 He entered the Soc. 1693 or 1695. In 1701 and 1704 he was in the Wor-
cester District; in 1718 in that of Suffolk. He was at Mr. Watson's, at Norton,
near Tewkesbury, in 1724. He died 1738, aged 64. Foley, vii. 300. Probably
SERVED BY THE JESUIT FATHERS, 1727-1734 189
184. To M1 Waterton1 at Mrs Elliots in ye old Elvet, Durham.
185. To Mr [Ric] Meredith at Little Paunton near Grantham, Lin-
colnshire.
186. To Mr [Jh.] Hawker at Mr Sympsons joyner near S1 Peters
Church, Lincoln.
187. To Mr Grey at Dunken Hall near Preston, Lancashire.
188. To Mr Rob: Petre at (Calalay near Alnwick Northumbrian.)
ye Golden Lyon in Warrington, Lancashire.
189. To Mr Busby2 to be left wth Mr8 Grousvenor in Mile hill
Bristol.
Isaac, fourth son of Sir Isaac Gibson, M.D., of Combe, co. Warwick and Worcester
city, by his wife Katharine, dau. of Sir Henry Waldegrave of Stanninghall, Norfolk,
bart. ; aged 10 at the visitation of Warwickshire 1682. (Harl. Soc. lxii. 58.)
1 Durham (Old Elvet) occurs in the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
2 Alias Brown. The address, c/o Mrs. Grosvenor, Mile Hill, Bristol, occurs in
the Lists for 1767, 1768, 1769, and 1772.
NO. VI
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764
CONTRIBUTED BY RICHARD TRAPPES-LOMAX
This consists of an 8vo pocket-book in white parchment containing 50
folios. It is inscribed outside "Journal of expences in 1773 and 1774 at
Paris Sr* returning to Callaly? These dates are an evident error, and
should read 1763- 1764.
The writer of these accounts was Ralph Peter Clavering, of Callaly,
Northumberland. He was the eldest son of Ralph Clavering, of the same,
by Mary, daughter of Nicholas Stapleton (formerly Errington), of Carlton,
co. York, and Ponteland, Northumberland. He was born 27 June 1727,
and married, (1) Eliza, daughter of James Egan, who died s.p. 1762, and was
buried at Whittingham ; (2) Frances, daughter of John Lynch, by whom
he had a son, John Aloysius, born 1765; succeeded his father 1788, died
1826 s.p., buried at Whittingham. His mother died 24 Nov. 1765, and was
buried at Douay ; (3) Mary, daughter of D. Walsh (married 1767), by
whom he had, with seven daughters, a son, Edward, who succeeded his
half-brother, John Aloysius (see Cath. Rec. Soc. iv. 252). Edward Clavering's
son, Edward John, had an only child, Augusta, who married Sir H. G.
Bedingfeld, Bart., of Oxburgh, whose son, Sir Henry P. Bedingfeld, is the
owner of the Account Book.
After the French tour come other entries connected with the birth of the
writer's son, John Aloysius, "filioli mei primogeniti," 22 July 1765, on
which day he sent for his "brother Francis & sister from Alnwick" — 9s.,
cards 3s. — to doctors, midwife etc. 10 guineas (July 26th) — " to Mr Twenty-
man curate for registering ye birth of my son John Aloysius & yfc of
our marriage and where we were married £2. 2s. — Aug. 5. To Dr Foster
and Dr Gore, sent for in ye night for ye Child £3. 3s. — To Mr Pless[ington],
a present on Christening my son £1. is. — To the poor 8s. — Aug. 6. To the
fiddler 4s.," &c.
Then follow many miscellaneous entries — " Pomfret cakes is." — " visiting
Lichfield Church," &c, on the way to Bristol. The chaplain, Mr. Joseph
Walmersley, alias Plessington, seems to have returned from Bath, his
travelling expenses to Callaly being £5, 5s., and after this the entries were
" carried to marble-covered Book."
The reason why they were carried over is not hard to imagine. His
wife never recovered, and died ere their baby was four months old. Thus
this little book, dry and commonplace as it may seem to us, contains entries
which doubtless recalled many a sad and tender memory to Ralph Clavering.
They brought back all the details of his wooing Frances Lynch, of his
exultation for his son and heir, of his tears over "her whom I love best in
the world." — No wonder the rest of the book was left blank, and the
accounts "carried to marble-covered book."
At the end are notes of money received, and of an agreement made
April 13, 1764, when " I was at Pontoise," for the increase of an annuity of
£3 a year to his sister Anne, up to ^5 (with the extinction of other debts),
on condition of prayers, &c.
There is a good article in the Ushaiv Magazine for July 1905 on Callaly
and the Claverings. R, T.-L.
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764 191
[Inside of Cover of Book is written.']
£ s.
Spanish Grammar . .30
Ilus Book . . . i 12
To a pair of gloves . . 2 „
Jany 14 I received 300 Llvres of Dr Howard
24 Jan 14 300
15 Do 20 420
120 720
2A
360
87
^1
124
60
NB I received in all 30,000 Livres from Mr
Darcy.
Dec: 26 I gave Sisr [Kitty above] Clavering at cards io* 6d.
[Outside.] Journal of expenses
in 1773 & 1774 [sic] at Paris
& returning to Callaly.
Memoranda
I came to ye Seminary* Dec. 13th. I owed for 9
days board in October and Letters —
N.B I sent Sis1* Ann, Pontoise")* Dec 18 140 livres
R.C. Debtor for Board . . . . . 028
Item I owe for Bread 12
for Her To account for.
N.B. I left 1 140 Livres in Mr Ch: alias Doctor J
Hands Dec 30 :
Jany Received from him — .£300.
Feby I received all due after paying Board, Letters, wood, etc.
N.B. I was 5 days at Pontoise which I must deduct from ye 9
* The Seminary of the English Secular Clergy in Paris was founded by Dr. Richard
Smith (afterwards Bishop of Chalcedon) in 161 1, near Porte St. Victoire. It was
removed under Dr. Betham to Rue des Postes, Faubourg St. Marceaux, and opened
as St. Gregory's Seminary in 1701.
+ The Convent of English Benedictine Nuns at Pontoise was a branch from that
at Ghent. They established themselves at Boulogne in 1652, but removed to Pontoise
in 1658. Anne Clavering was the last Abbess, for the Convent became greatly im-
poverished, and in 1784 the Abbess and six nuns retired to the English Benedictine
Convent at Dunkirk. Anne or Mary Anne Clavering was professed in 1751, and was
elected Abbess 24 Oct. 1765. She died at Hammersmith 8 Nov. 1795.
t The name Howard is omitted. Dr. Charles Howard was 4th son of Bernard
Howard, of Glossop, who was son of Bernard Howard, a younger son of Henry,
Earl of Arundel, father of Thomas, 5th Duke of Norfolk. He was ordained in
1742, and was appointed Superior of St. Gregory's in 1756. He died in 1792,
aged 74.
192 ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-I764
days in October; there remaines 41 from Dec 13th to Jan3 18th
inclusively
36 days at 90 sous per day
90 2/0/324(0
3240
162
^*l62. o. o.
N.B. I owe for wood & letters.
Expended Livres s. d.
Brought up from a little book to Oct 28 . 1069 8 -
To 3 Days airing at Pontoise . . . 312-
To Dinner for Mr Pardu & self at Meulan . 612-
To cards at Pontoise 120-
To wine one gallon 4 - -
To Provision pour la bouche . . . 2 06 -
To ye Poor 6 - -
To a gallon of wine 4 - -
To ye Poor 1 2 - -
To ye wine during my stay there for own
drinking 15 10 -
To 45 Days Board at Pontoise at per
day for self and servant . . . . 112 10 -
To Horse Hire from thence to S* Denis . 6 - -
To dinner there & coach hire from thence
to ye Rue des Postes
To the Lodgings for Self & servant at
Pontoise for 3 months
To ye servant maid
Nov. 18 To the Depositaire at Pontoise for several
extraordinaries
„ 27 To Do. for wood & ye like
To Porteridge
To 2 pr. of colered Silk shoes
To Monsr Avocats Dictionary
To a Pamphalet .
To a Hatt .
To cards & Coach hire
To 2 pr. of black Silk Shoes
To a Spanish Grammar
To a pr. of castor t gloves
To this book
Dec. 25 To Chairs in Notre Damme etc etc Christmas
Day
To the Poor
To the Concert Spiritual
To a Coach \ a day
To the Coach man
To the Gare,on de place
* Here and elsewhere uj£n is given, but clearly livres, approximating to the
modem franc, is intended. The second column is for sous — 20 to the livre.
f i.e. beaver (Century Dictionary).
5°
—
6
-
14
19
37
*5
16
22
10
10
-
1
10
21
-
5
-
22
0
3
-
2
5
—
12
1
19
-
12
3
8
_
1
1
4
16
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-I764 I93
Dec. 30 To a Porter , '. . - 12 -
To Baggs for money at my Bankers . . 1 16 -
„ 31 To H Richardson for Private Outlays v. His
Book 136 - -
To a French & Italien & Italien & French
Dictionary by Annibali . . . . 24 - -
Deduct Horses Hire pd per serv £6
To several Letters when at Pontoise pd to D.
Mary Ann* 8 18 -
To Bill at ye Cook-shop for self & Nunns
during 3 days stay there . . . . n 18 -
To Bread bought during my stay there in
November 5 15 -
To Vaills at the Convent having given none
before
Jan. 13 To wine
To two Almanacks
To 2 Horses Hire at 6 livres per Day for 5
Days when I went to Pontoise
To Dinner at S* Denis
To coach hire
"to cards
To 3 days Board when at Pontoise
To the Carriage of a Parcell ....
Jan. 20 To a full suit coat, waistcoat & breeches of
Red Flowered cutt velvet ready made
„ 18 To coach hire
„ 19 To cards . ....
„ 21 To Monsr Mouton Dentist when he putt me
a Tooth with a golden Rivot & wire
„ 25 To ye Italian Commedy ....
To Coach Hire 2
„ 28 To cards 7 16
To Mr Jno. Holden on his Draught on Sir
Edward Blunt t for S£ 5s 8d to oblige
him I did it 120 o
Jan. 31 To H. Richardson for severals see His book 288 -
Feby 2 To my share of expences in a Coach &
four Horses going to & returning from
Versailles & [expences, cancelled} . . 19 -
To the Poor - 12
7 To Cards - 18
To 18 Peach trees and two bitter Almond
Trees, a present To ye Dames at Pontoise 15 -
do 7 To Mv Howard for 41 days Board at the
Seminary at 4 iA 10 pr [day] . . . 184 10
do 7 To a load of wood burnt there . . • 21 18
7 To postage of several letters . . . . 13 -
* The diarist's sister.
f Probably Sir Edward Blount, 5th Baronet, of Sodington, co. Worcester.
XIII. N
14
—
—
I
4
—
I
10
—
30
-
-
3
—
—
7
12
—
1
4
-
9
-
-
not paid
360
-
-
3
12
-
1
4
—
36
—
—
6
-
—
194 ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764
7 To carriage of a box from Ghent .
Feb. 10 To Lorbino's Dictionary French & Spanish &
Spanish & French
10 To ye Curiosities of Paris in 2 volumes 8°
To Cards
12 To ye Poor
13 To Treating Mrs Howard & Son, Mra Thornton
& nieces at the Poppit shew S* Germains
Fair
19 To the Poor Sfc Sulpice ....
20 To Dinner at an Ordinary & coffee
20 To seeing the Tumblers at Sfc Germains Fair
To Dinner at an Ordinary
To an Opera Ticket ....
26 To ye Poor
28 To ye Doctor 6Lis— Surgeon 6£ .
29 To my Italian Master for a month or 12
Lessons
To my share of the expns of a Ball given
by Sir Thos. Tancred,* Howard, Talbot,
Neville & Clavering, to Miss Thorntons,
Ravenscroft, Langdall, Baker, Preston,
Royly, & several others.
March 3 To the Peruvian Lettres French & Italian
2 vol Duodecimo
4 To the Poor S* Sulpice
9 To the Enfans Trouvez ....
To the Poor at Notre Dame . . . .
To my Masquerade dress being a Turks dress,
and my first appearance in these Turkish
diversions — & Intended to be ye Last
To the entrance
12.13 To ye Poor
15 To an Opera Ticket ; To the Italian Opera .
To the Poor Sfc Sulpice
22 To an Ordinary Dinner
To Chair Hire for 9 weeks in ye Churches at
io8 per week
To Henry Richardson's Book from ye Jan? 31
to this day
To grafts of fruit trees sent to Pontoise .
25 To ye Poor at Sl Sulpice . . . .
27] To my share of expence8 at Pontoix being in
28 1 company with Mess1-8 Vavasor & Lawson
29 J 3 days going and returning
26 To Madame Armandie, Mrs of the Hotel de
Provence, in full of what is due for
Lodgings from Jany 1 7 at 2 1 pr week
7 7
15
6
4
6
21
6
3
2
3
7
6
12
36
27
5
6
6
12
10
4 -
9
6
_
_
13
10
3
2
-
-
4
10
00
IIII
08
-
1
6
4
—
24 12
210 - -
* i.e. the 5th Baronet, of Boroughbridge, co. York.
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764 195
28 To Dame Mary Anne at Pontoise, in part of
her annuity
N.B. I owe her for 3 days Board, Letters &
vaills
— To ye servants when there, 3 livres
29 To my Dinner at ye Ordinary
To an Opera ticket
30 To a pair of Diamond Shoe & Knee Buckles,
having given in a pair of old D° for Shoes
of Bristol Stones ....
31 To the French House, a Tragedy (Olympie)
Aprill 1 To the Poor Sl Sulpice ....
To the Italian House ....
4 To dinner, Hotel De Espagne
6 To D° for self [Meynel erased] & Bellasis at
ye Swiss Luxemburg : very Dear
8 To the Poor S* Sulpice ....
To the Servant maid, Hotel de Provence, vaills
To an Italian Testament 40 .
1 1 To Doctr Mahony ....
18 To the Poor at Pontoise
To Mr Vertue, for wine
To several letters pd by my Sisr Ann at
Pontoise
To treating the Relligious there at dinner
To 9 days Board at 3^ ioB per day
To vaills at the Convent
To the Poor Sfc Sulpice ....
To Board at the Seminary .
19 To seeing the Abbey Sfc Denis
To seeing Notre Dame
To 3 or 4 days Board at ye Seminary
22 To the Poor S* Sulpice ...
To the Poor S* Rochs ....
To Cards
25 To a refreshment & ye Poor .
To do seeing Notre Dame
26 To the Poor
May 1 To the French Opera ....
To French Telemacus in two volumes 120
To Sfc Francis of Sales, Introduction to
devout life in French
To the life of yt Saint in two volumes .
To Several outlays, on 4 Days Jaunt ; in which
I saw Versaills, Marli etc, in company
with Vavasor & Lawson .
3 To 1 2 pr of Superfine Silk Stockens, 6 White
6 do Grey, 12^ pr pr
5 To seeing Monsieur Julien's Cabinet of Curio
sities
90
-
10 -
2
10 -
9
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72
6
6
6
2
00 00
18 -
9
6
10 00
9
6
10 -
9
3
- -
9 05 -
20 04 -
31 10
9
6
- -
1
1
18
6
4 -
4 -
0 -
2
12 -
8 -
8 -
6
12 -
7
10 00
4
10 00
2
10 00
5
00 00
67
00 00
144
- -
6
— mm
196 ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764
24
27
29
4 "
18 -
14 -
10 -
4
12
5 To Dinner at Ordinary .
To several M . . . s * St Sulpice
To Dinner at Mount Calvaire in company with
2 Gentlemen, 4 Ladies .
For a Spiritual book
To severals ....
To Cards .
10 To a pr of embroidered Sik shoes, for a
present For my Sister
13 To the Poor S* Sulpice . . . . . 14
To a Letter 14
To Mr Vertue at Pontoise .
To Vaills there .
22 To seeing Maisonn
23 To the Bene:[dictine] Nunns,t rue Champs
des Aloette, a Present
To the Italian Commedy
To a Piece of Italian Commedy, "On ne
s'avise jamais de Poul " .
To a refreshment .
To a Copper Plate, with my name engraved
on it
To the Poor Sfc Sulpice .
To dinner at the Ordinary .
To Cards ....
To a Refreshment at the King's Gardens, for
some young Ladies & self
30 To seeing Churches
do To seeing the Palais Royal .
do To the Italian Commedy
To a French Tragedy in Boards
To the Gargon de Louage
To ye Coachman .
31 To the Poor Sfc Sulpice .
do To my Dinners at an Ordinary
do To the Spiritual Concert
June To Coach, half a Day .
2 To the Taylor's foreman .... 2 08
2 To Henry Richardson, in part of His Bill for
severals, from ye 23 of March To this
Second of June
4 To the Italian Comedy .
5 To the Poor Notre Dame . - 12
5 To the Capuchins
* i.e. Masses. Note the characteristic way of disguising distinctively Catholic
words, like Mass, Benedictines, &c.
f The English Benedictine Nuns of Paris were an offshoot from the Convent at
Cambrai, and were established by Clementia Cary at Paris in 165 1. They settled in
the Rue du Champ de l'Alouette in 1664. They came to England after the Re-
volution, and after various wanderings settled in 1837 at Colwich, in Staffordshire.
There are memoirs of the nuns in Cath, Rec, Soc. ix.
2
6
12
1
2
24
6
610
6
16
16
10
00
4
4
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764 I97
6 To
July
7
To
9
To
10
11
12
To
To
M
To
17
To
*7
To
22
To
To
23
To
24
To
To
To
27
To
To
29
To
30
To
To
1
To
To
To
To
4
To
5
To
7
To
10
To
10
To
To
To
16 To
17
To
18 To
17
To
Dinner at Choisy Le Roy, in company
with several Ladies & Gentlemen
the French House, a Trajedy (Cromwell)
my Share of expences in a jaunt with
9 Gentlemen & Ladies To Versaills &
Marli, being out three days & a Half.
N.B. I paid no share of Coach Hire, I
going in Miss Thorntons Coach
a Prayer Book i .
several Presents to the Ladies, on a Party
in Bouen,* as Trinkets .
the French Opera ....
M . . . st
Cards
Spiritual Concert ....
a refreshment
S* Sulpice, for the Anniversary of M. Hester
Stapleton . .
Coach Hire
Molieres works in 120, 8 volumes
a Pastor Fido J one vol 120, Italian .
seeing Monsieur Jeansen's Garden .
a refreshment
Sfc Sulpice, Sfc Petre & Paule for M ... s
4 places at the Italian House for ma
Chere, § Mrs Howard, son & self .
an Italian Piece of musick
Entrance at Sfc Cloud, la Ball, for 8 persons
the Poor Sfc Sulpice . .
M . . . . s at D° Church
postage of a London Letter
Bunns at S* Vincenne
Dinner at an Ordinary
ye Italian Commedy
M™ Armendy, in full for Lodgings due To
y* Day
Coach Hire .....
dinner at the Swiss's in the Tuilleries
the Seeing Mr Juliens Cabinet & ye
Observatorie & Palais Bourbon
the French Tragidy ....
the French Commedy, in company with
ma Chere, & Mrs D'arcy
Coach Hire
a pr of stone Buckles, a present to ma
Chere
12
6
46 12
- 04
12 -
10 -
6 -
6 -
6 -
5 i4
3
1
14
13
3
1
6
24
1
9
3
2
1
1
2
6
6 -
10
10
12
8
10
14
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210 -
2 08
6 -
6 -
6 -
12 -
2 8
45 "
* This word is uncertain in the original.
t See note above under 5 May.
X By Guarini.
§ The diarist's intended wife, Frances Lynch.
See C.X.S. iv. 252.
198 ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764
18 To a pr of Pearl necklace, a present to ma
Chere Future 15 - -
To a Notary 34-
24 To my sisr Ann for severals at Pontoise viz
Board & presents to L. Abbess & the Nuns
& vaills when I went with ma Chere
Future 72 - -
26 To the Arch Bishop's Clerk . . . . 9 - -
do To coffee & Orcheat * 3 - -
27 To 3 Box Tickets for Mrs D'Arcy Miss Linch,
& Her Lover at ye Opera . . . 22 10 -
27 To seeing the King's Cabinet of Curiosities . 14-
To a Markoset t Necklace, a present To ma
Chere Future 48 - -
To 2 Box Tickets, for Mr8 Howard & Son for
the Opera; when the Latter did not come 15 - -
27 To a Notary for an Instrument to prove ye
DthofElJ 3 - -
To a Copy of the Banns, Published at S*
Sulpice 6 - -
To seeing the Salpetriere . . . . - 12 -
To the Poor there 36-
28 To seeing Val de Grace & the Luxemburg . 2 - -
28 To 4 prs of Silk Shoes, a present for Miss
Egans 12 - -
To the Ball at Vincennes, when I treated the
Family of the D'arcys . . . . 1 2 - -
To Mra Howard Nunn for Marriage Cakes,
3 for Herself & Miss Bell Linch one — one
for Miss Thornton & one for Mra Howard 24 - -
To the Bishop's Secretary & Clerk for several
requisites To the marriage . . . 15 - -
31 To Doctor Mahony 6 - -
To the Surgeon 6 - -
To an Atlas in two volumes Folios . . 7 1 - -
N.B. I gave the generality of Paris in
return value 25 livres over & above — the 3d
volume is To be published price 48 Livres, &
given Dr Howard for me.
31 To Father Maurus Shaw§ a present de Noce 48 - -
Aug 1 To a Corbeil, silver worked . . . . 36 - -
To 5 sword Knotts, Presents on our Marriage 30 - -
To a Silver work Bagg, a present on D° to
Mrs Howard 9 - -
* i.e. cider.
f i.e. marcasite (crystallised forms of iron pyrites) — a favourite jewel in the
eighteenth century.
X »•'• Eliza Egan, his first wife.
§ Dom Maurus (Ralph) Shaw, of Rothbury, Northumberland, was professed at
St. Edmund's, Paris, 12 May 1757.
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764 1 99
Miss
To 2 Bocquais of flowers on our marriage
To the Curate on our Marriage
To the Curate of St Phillip de Roulle on D
To the Poor on D°
To the Boy & etc .
To a pr of white Silk Garters De Noce .
To the Poor
To the Bedal & etc
To the Curate's servant
To 6 Tickets at the Italian Play, treating the
Darcys
To the play
To printed Cards .
To 4 pr of silk shoes Broaderd in gold
To the Town Drumms, on my marriage
To 3 pr of muslin ruffles, a present to
Egans
To 3 pr of Silk mittens
To the Hire of a Chaise from Paris to be
delivered in 18 days time at Calais accord
ing To ye Address given me .
To Mr Biron Notary for our Marriage Articles
To a Prayer Book for my Dear Wife
To Avocats Dictionary ....
To Reslaeau French Grammar
For exspences one Day at Pontoise
To 16J ells of Red & white striped sattain, a
present To ye woman I love most Tenderly,
at 14 livres pr elle
To two ells of Taffatas
To several Shades of Raw Silks, a present to
SisrWinefrid
To 2 pieces of Tapestry, a present to my dear
wife .......
To the Dentist Tracalle for two Teeth, &
some other necessaries for them & cleaning
them over
To a night Gown a Silk Dauphine ready made
To Mr Bell for a Diamond ring enclosing the
picture of my Dear Wife, 3 1 Diamonds at
about 8 Liv: pr Do .
To a Crystall for the picture in my watch
To resetting a Diamond ring .
To 2 Braceletts sett in Gold & coverd with
crystal, my picture in each
To the marriage Ring Gold ....
To Le Roy watchmaker in full of his Bill for
my gold watch with my Dear Wifes Picture
in it exclusive of my old gold watch.
N.B. The watch cost 117 guineas and a
3
72
48
24
6
12
12
6
36
1
23
12 — —
12 - —
8l - -
9 10 00
72
72
18
4 -
231
14
-
-
25
-
-
30
00
00
45
80
0
0
276
12
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
120
0
0
12
0
0
200
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764
half and I had 3 guineas given for ye gulds
or Movements & 36 Livres for or, for 1 \ oz
24 gr. of Gold
7 To Messrs Trolie & Co for a London Bill on
Mr Selwin, Swithins Lane London at 30s!
payable 3 days sight
To my Dear Wife the Day I was married
To Mr Darcys servants when I came away
To a Night Bagg for to putt into ye Chaise
To a Bonne for ma chere & a Hair Comb
To Severals
To Mantua maker for the fashion of sattain
gown trimmed with white snaill
To the maid
To a Refreshment at the Tuilleries
To seeing Chantilly ....
To Mr Stacks coachman Cambray
To vaills there
To coach Hire, Douay ....
10 To wine, treating some Gentlemen at Douay
Colledge
To some young men, Relations there, a Boire
To the servants
10 To Coach Hire, Lisle ....
To a gargon de Place ....
To the Custom House at Courtray
13 To Lady Abbess of Ghent,* Towards to
Portion of a number lately professed there
13 To my Sister Winefrid,t being due for some
Cambreck &c, bought last winter
To Coach Hire & a gargon de place
To seeing Churches etc .
To treating the Relligious at Ghent, & some
others there
14 To 3 lb of Tea, for Sisr Winefrid 2 of it, one
lb. for Lady Abbess & one loaf of sugar .
To the Poor *
To the Fryars at Ghent
To the servants at the Convent & at ye
Lodgings, vails .
To a Purse, a present to the Master of ye
House where I lodged at Ghent for 4 days
Gratis
To another Purse for self .
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* The English Benedictine Abbey at Ghent was an offshoot from that at Brussels,
and was founded by Lucy Knatchbull in 1624. They came to England after the
French Revolution and are now settled at Oulton, near Stone, Staffordshire. The
Abbess in 1763 was Mary Baptist Phillips.
t Probably identical with the Scholastica Clavering, O.S.B., Ghent, who died
14 Jan. 1779. {Annals of the English Benedictines at Ghent.) The date of her
profession is not recorded.
ACCOUNT BOOK OF MR. RALPH CLAVERING, 1763-1764 201
To Passage for self, wife, & servant & Dinner
for D° aboard ye Boat from Ghent to
Bruges 8 Leag
To some wine at Ghent
To my Sis1' Barbara being a Present
To the Augustin Nuns * for a treat
To wine & vaills there ....
To some Pious books ....
To Dunkirk Bill
To an old Servant ....
To Coach hire
To Custom House officers at Mardike
Graveline
To the Carriage of my Trunk from Paris to
Dunkirk . . . . . ' .
21 To the Nuns Gravelin,t Charity .
To Henry Richardson's Book for severals
from June ye 2d to that Day Inclusively
22 To the Bill at Calais one day
To the Poor
To the Custom House
To ye servants
To Porteredge
Deduct as on the following Page
io
4
IO
24
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72
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5
6
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12
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24
27
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16
17,109 00
11969 00
4702
438
5140
I had when I landed at Dover in cash, ex-
clusive of 5 guineas received from Mr
Ohannelly to be laid out for him.
N.B. I remitted English money to Mr Wright
^200 value French ....
I paid for severals on the following day value
English ;£i8. 4. 2 J value French .
N.B. This sum is to be deducted from the
Total Disbursed on the foregoing Page;
the Remainder will be the neat sum ex-
pended from July 3, 1763, To August 23,
1764 viz during my stay in France.
* The English Canonesses of St. Austin at Bruges were an offshoot from the
convent at Lou vain, and were established in 1629. They came to England in 1794,
but returned to Bruges after the Peace of Amiens, and still flourish there.
f The Convent of English Franciscan Nuns (Poor Clares) was established at
Gravelines in 1609. They came to England in 1794, and eventually joined the
Franciscan Community at Catterick, Yorkshire.
NO. VII
BOYS AT LlfeGE ACADEMY, 1773-91
With the names and addresses of their parents or guardians, and the
pensions paid through the Procurator in London.
CONTRIBUTED BY RICHARD TRAPPES-LOMAX
The English College at Liege was founded by Fr. John Gerard, S.J., in
1616 for the training of the "Scholastics" of the Society in Philosophy and
Theology. It was saved from suppression in 1773 by the Prince Bishop of
Liege, and the School at Bruges (formerly at St. Omer's) was then trans-
ferred to it. The new College was formally sanctioned by the Bishop under
the title of the "Academy." In 1794 it migrated to Stonyhurst. A list of
the masters and students at Liege on 1 October 1776 is printed in Foley's
Records, S.J., vol. vii. Part I. p. 1. This list is compiled from the alpha-
betical reference-table which is inserted at the beginning of the ledger,
"Liege No. 3? among the Farm St. M.S.S. (outside in Foley's hand : " Coll.
of Lilge : School Ledger"). This gives a name and a reference — e.g. " P. 1."
Turning to page 1 you find — " Entered &c." Generally there is more than
this, i.e. the accounts for three or four years. The details of these accounts
are here omitted. The beginning and end only of the account are noted.
The payments are on the whole very uniform : some details of extra pay-
ments will be found at the end. R. T.-L.
Angier James p. 1. = Entered Oct 27. 1773.
Angier Robert p. 6. = Entered Oct 29 [sic] 1773.
Anderton William p. 1. = Entered Oct 27th 1773. Pension paid by
Mr Conyers 1775, x776-
Addis George & Charles p. 72, 73, = George entered 14 Sep. 1781 at
,£33-12 Charles, March /85- Pension paid by 1) "His Father 4
Tooley Street " to March /84- 2) By Mr Fountaine. 3) By Mr
Hen. Addis Exr to Br [executor to brother] George. [J p.]
Angier Francis p. 74. = entered on the 1st September, i78i,at ,£16. 16.
Entrance & \ year paid at Liege.
P.p. by Mr Angier Norwich.*
Arundell t p. 32= The two Master Arundells entered ye 8th Sep.
1 775 at £23. 2. P.p. by Mr Everard Arundell, 1 776-1 783, Two
sons and tutor. [J page.]
Archdekin. p. 34, = Entered 28 Oct. 1775. at 32 guineas.
P.p. by His father, Newcastle, to 1776.
Atkinson, p. 178. = entered 29 Sep. 86. at £>\o.
P.p. by His Father to Sep. 89. (Ex. to 12 Dec.) [J p.]
Blount Hugo, Charles, & Robert vere Clifford % p. 8.=entered Nov. 13
1773. P.p. by Ld. Clifford, for Hugo to Nov1' 1775, for Charles till
[? 1780]. Robert till 31 Jan. 1779. {Robert begins June 29, 1776.]
* Mr. Angier, of Norwich, is the Rev. Thomas Angier, S.J. (1730-1788), who
for several years served the Norwich Mission. Foley, vii. 13.
t Probably James Everard and Thomas, sons of James Everard Arundell, 3rd son
of the 6th Lord Arundell. James Everard, junior, eventually became 9th Lord
Arundell, of Wardour.
X The three elder sons of Hugh, 4th Lord Clifford, by Lady Anne Lee. Hugh
and Charles became 5 th and 6th Lords.
BOYS AT LIEGE ACADEMY, 1773-91 203
Brooke Joseph and Ignatius* p. 2, entered 27 Oct. 1773.
Browne, James, Richard, Robert & Andrew, pp. 2-4 = entered October
27 1773 at ,£33. 12. till Nov. 22 1776.
P.P. by Mr Smith [i p.]
Barrett Samuel p. 24 = entered Aug. 11th 1774 at 32 guineas.
P.P. by his father till Aug. 11th 1777. [3 lines.]
Blundell Charles t p. 32 = entered 29 Aug. 1775 at £$2-
P.P by (1) Mr Blundell of Ince till March 10 1780 by (2) Mr
Townley till Feb 10 178 1. [£ page.]
Beel p. 35 = entered isfc May 1776 at ^33. 12. o.
P.P. by G. Stephenson, Little Stanhope Street till May 1783. [J page.]
Bates Richard p. 37 = entered June 3d 1776 at ^32.
P.P. by his father, Cowbridge, Glamorgan till Feb 10th 1778.
Berkeley Robert % p. 42 = entered July 15 1778 at ,£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Berkeley of Spetchly till Jan. 29 1783. [J page.]
Beeston Henry p. 56 = entered 13 Sept 1779 at £>2$- 2- °-
P.P. by Lord Arundell till Dec 10, 1785. [2 lines.]
Butler M. p. 58 = entered 30 Sept 1779 at £33. 12. o.
P.P. by His father till 30 March 1782. [5 lines.]
Bedingfeld Rich § p. 74 = entered 1 Sept 1781 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Sir Rich: Bedingfeld till Sept 1785.
Byrne Jn° p. 76 = entered 17 Oct. 1781 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His father Mr Robarts till March /84- [4 lines.]
Byrne Garret pp 94-5 = entered 4 Aug 1783 at £33. 12.
P.P. by Mess™ Lilly & Robarts to Mar 20. [2 lines.]
Bolger Richard & James p. 102 = entered Aug 29, 1783 at ^33- I2»
P.P by Mr8 Bolger, Ballyma, New Ross, Ireland, till Aug: /84.
[i Page.]
PBignall Nicholas pp. 144-5 = entered AuS 23> 11^ at £$$* 12-
P.P. by Mr Selby & C. Nugent till Feb 23, 1791. [a page.]
Craythorne Thomas || p. 4 = entered 28 Oct 1773 at £33. 12.
P.P. by His Mother at Ness till 28 Jan. 1778. [J page.]
Cauvanne Peter p. 20 = entered 14 Jan: 1774. [No details.]
Clifford Thomas II p. 3o = entered 31 July 1775 at £33. 12.
P.P. by His Father Mr Tho: Clifford till 31 Jan: 1777.
Cummings & Power pp. 44~5=entered 9 Aug: 1778 at £33. 12
P.P. by Mr Mazuel, Dunquerque, to Sept: 9, 1779. [4 lines.]
* See Foley, vii. 90.
f Charles (Robert) Blundell was the only son of Henry Blundell, of Ince, by
Elizabeth Mostyn. He was the last heir-male of that family.
X Robert Berkeley is probably the elder son of John Berkeley (younger son of
Thomas Berkeley, of Spetchley, co. Worcester), by Catherine Bodenham. He in-
herited that estate on the death of his uncle Robert in 1 804.
§ Richard Bedingfeld was the only son of Sir Richard Bedingfeld, 4th Baronet,
of Oxburg, co. Norfolk, whom he succeeded as 5th Baronet in 1795* See C.R.S.
vol. vii. 211.
|| Thomas Craythorne was 3rd son of Thomas Craythorne, of Craythorne and
Ness, co. York, by Isabel, dau. of Sir John Swinburne, of Capheaton.
IT Thomas Clifford is apparently the eldest son of the Honble. Thomas Clifford
(2nd son of the 3rd Lord^Clifford, of Chudleigh) ; his mother being Barbara, dau. and
coheiress of James, Lord Aston, of Forfar. From her he inherited Tixall, in Stafford-
shire. Later he came in for Burton Constable, &c, in Yorkshire, and took the name
of Constable. He was created a Baronet in 1815.
204 BOYS AT LIEGE ACADEMY, 1 7 73-9 1
Constables two p. 31 (Charles & Middleton *) = entered 29 Aug: 1775
at £33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Constable, Everingham till [? April 3, 1778] Feb 9th
1779- [I page.]
Constable, William Middleton p. 34 = entered 29 Aug 1775 at
£Z3- 12.
P.P. by Mr Constable, Everingham till 29 Aug: /77. [5 lines.]
Chichester Jn° t p- 46 = entered 16 Oct 1778 at ^33. 12.
P.P by His father till Oct 1785. [£ page.]
Clavering Jn° J p. 54 = entered 3 July 1779 at -£33- I2-
P.P. by His Father at Callaly till 20 Sept: 1783. f J page.]
Chichester Charles § pp. 64 & 5 = entered 21 July 1780 at £33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Needham till 25 Jan (? 1788). [J page.]
Clifford Henry || pp. 78 & 9 = entered 30 June 1782.
P.P. by His father at Tixall till May 1785. [J page.]
Carroll Charles pp. 86, 7 = entered 27 Aug 1783 at ^33. 12. o.
P.P. by Mr Johnson, Coopers Row, Tower Hill till 25 Aug 1785.
[£ page.]
Clifford, Honbl Tho:1I pp. 128, 90 & 91, 129 = entered 20 Oct 1783 at
£33. 12.
P.P. by Lady Clifford till April 21, 1788. [4 accounts.]
Champney Jas: pp. 1 00-101 = entered 16 July 1782 at .£20..
P.P. by His Father, West Raisin till 21 Aug 1786. [1 page.]
Couche, Jn° & W pp. 102-3 = entered Sept 1783 at ^30.
P.P. by Mrs Couche & Mr Tho Couche till 4 Sept 1788. [J page.]
Clifford, Henry pp. 108-9 & 78 & 79** = entered 2 Nov: 1785
at ^42.
P.P. by His Father H[on.] T. Clifford till April 1786. [J page.]
Carroll Charles, Maryland pp. 116-17 = entered April 1787 at ,£36. 15.
P.P. by Josua Johnson till 14 Oct 1790. [2 pages.]
Cox Samuel pp. 146-7 = entered 10 Aug 1787 at .£36. 15.
P.P. by His father R. K. Cox till Feb 1789. [£ page.
Chapman, George p. 154 = entered 4 April 1788 at ^30. [cancelled.
P.P. On Mr Lucas's foundation.
* William Haggerston Constable, of Everingham, &c., had by his wife Winefred
Maxwell an eldest son, Marmaduke, and two younger sons, Charles and William
[Middleton]. Marmaduke succeeded to Everingham, &c, and took the name of
Constable Maxwell ; William inherited Stockeld and Middleton and took the
name of Middleton ; and Charles, on his marriage to Elizabeth Stanley, of Hooton,
took the name of Stanley.
t Possibly identical with John Palmer, eldest son of John Chichester, of Arling-
ton, co. Devon, by Mary MacDonald.
t Probably identical with John Aloysius Clavering, eldest son of Ralph Clavering,
of Callaly, co. Northumberland, by his 2nd wife, Frances Lynch.
§ Probably a younger brother of John P. Chichester. He was the ancestor of the
Chichesters of Calverleigh, co. Devon.
II Henry Clifford was 2nd son of Thomas Clifford, of Tixall, by Barbara Aston.
IF Thomas Clifford was 4th son of Hugh, 4th Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, by
Lady Anne Lee.
** Henry Clifford (born 1768) was 2nd son of the Hon. Thomas Clifford, of
Tixall, and consequently identical with the Henry Clifford entered above (pp. 7%
and 79).
BOYS AT LIEGE ACADEMY, I773-9I 205
Cliffords, Walter, James & George* pp. 162-3 = Walter & James
entered 1 Jan 88. George 1 July 1788 at ^15.
P.P. by Tho: Clifford, Tixall.
Callagan p 166 = entered Nov: 1788 at ^"36. 15.
P.P. by Callagan Esq. Bedford Square till May 1788. [3 lines.]
Cross John p. i76 = entered 12 Sept 1788 at ^31. 10.
P.P. by his Uncle till Sept 12, 1789. [2 lines.]
Dalton William t p. i5 = entered 11 Dec 1773 at ^33* I2-
P.P. by his Father till 10 Dec 1782. [£ page.]
Daly Jn° & Richard p. i6 = entered n Dec 1773. [No details.]
Dormer James J p. 19 = entered 24 Dec 1773 at £>Z5 I2-
P.P. by Lady Shrewsbury till June 1777 by Honble Francis Talbot
till 28 March 1789. [£ page.]
Dease Richard & John pp. 302 & 3 12 = entered 11 Jan 1777 at
^33 I2-
P.P. by Mr Barnewall till 11 Jan 1780. [J page.]
Dowling Frederick pp. 44-7 = entered 16 Oct 1778 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His father, Exeter, till Aug 30 1783. [2 J pages.]
Dowdall, Walter & Anthony pp. 50-1= entered 19 May 1779 at
^33 12.
P.P. by Mr Barnwall till 19 May 1780. [J page.]
O'Donnell (four) pp. 78-9 = entered 8th Sept 1781 at ^33 12.
P.P.?
Dormer Robert,§ pp. 92-3 = entered 20 Oct 1783 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His father, Longford till April 1786. [J page.]
Dardis Michael pp. 100-1 = entered 13 Sept 1782 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Mr Dardis, Jigginstown, Mullingar, Ireland till September
1785. [ipage.]
Dease Oliver pp. 126-7.
P.P. by Robert Barnwall, Sfc Mary Ax till 19 Feb 1789. [2 pages.]
Dowdell Chris, p. 174 entered 31 Oct 1788.
P.P. by to 2 April 1789.
Eyre, Francis || p. 25 = entered 9th Oct 1774 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His Father to 9 Oct 1775. [2 lines.]
* Apparently sons of Thomas Clifford, of Tixall, by Barbara Aston. Walter is not
mentioned in Burke. James was born 1774, and George in 1779. When Liege
migrated to Stonyhurst, George Clifford was the first boy to effect an entrance. He
married Mary Coyney, and was father of Sir Charles Clifford, Baronet.
f William Dalton is probably the eldest son of Robert Dalton, of Thurnham, co.
Lancaster, by his 2nd wife, Bridget More.
X James Dormer was eldest son of James, 3rd son of John, 7th Lord Dormer.
He was born in 1765 ; married in 1792 Lucy, dau. of Thomas Fitzherbert, of Swyn-
nerton. Lady Shrewsbury was his father's sister, Elizabeth, and wife of the 14th
Earl of Shrewsbury. The Hon. Francis Talbot was a younger brother of the 14th
Earl.
§ Robert Dormer was a brother of James. Longford (near Newport, Salop)
was then the property of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
|| Francis and James were the sons of Francis Eyre, of Warkworth, co. North-
ampton, and Hassop, co. Derby, &c, by Mary Radcliffe, daughter of Charles Rad-
cliffe (brother of James, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater), by Charlotte Maria, Countess of
Newburgh. Francis wrongfully assumed the title of Earl of Newburgh, and died in
1827, aged 65. James died in 18 16.
206 BOYS AT LliGE ACADEMY, 1773-91
Eyre, James p. 60-1 entered 6 Feb 1780.
P.P. by Fran: Eyre, Warkworth to 9 Sept 1783. [J page.]
Farrill, Peter p. 12 = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33 12.
P.P. by MwTuite to 5 Dec 1780.
Farrill Michael p. 14 = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33 12.
P.P. by MrB Tuite to 5 Dec 1776.
Fairclough William, p. 18 = entered 19 Dec 1773.
P.P. by Mr Mansel. [No details, 2 lines.]
Farmer, James, p. 24 = entered 13 Aug: 1774 at ,£20.
P.P. by Mr Nelson to 9 Dec 1775. [2 lines.]
Fagans two p. 38.
P.P. 6 Oct 1778. [1 line.]
Fitzherbert, Robert,* pp. 42-3 = entered 17 June 1778 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Mr Berkeley, Spetchley to 26 May 1781. [J page.]
Farrill [James, Richard] four pp. 66-7= entered 30 July 1780 at 32
guineas.
P.P. by J. Sutton to 18 March 1783 or 18 Feb /8s. [f page.]
Ferrall, Charles pp. 70-1= entered 14 June 1781 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His Father, Ballyna, Clonard to Dec 1783. [f page.]
French, John & Thomas pp. 114, 115, 130, 131 =entered 16 April 1787.
P.P. by Mr Andrew French, Copt Hall Court to April 1789..
[ij pages.]
Ferrall, Charles pp. 142-3 = entered 17 Nov 1787.
P.P. Mr Quentin Dick of King Street, London engages to pay all
expences of Mr Ferrall at the College at Liege — paid to Nov.
1790. [i page.]
Fermor, James t p. 170 = entered 15 July 1788.
P.P. by His father W. Fermor Esq, Tusmore to July 15, 1789.
ft Page.]
Ferry, Christopher pp. 180-1 = entered 27 Nov 1789 at £1$ 15.
P.P. by Mr Maire, Lartington to Ap: 1790. [4 lines.]
Fitz Simmonds, Tho: & Michael p. 2 g2 = entered July 10 1776 at
£33 I2- [1 Hne.]
Fitz Gerald, George p 292 = entered 10 July 1776 at ^33 12. [1 line.]
Grainger p. 22 = entered 24 June 1774 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Rob: Barnewall Merch* paymaster to 7 Jan: 1775. [3 lines.]
Greenwood p. 26 = entered 20 May 1775 at £33 I2-
P.P. by Sir Rob* Throckmorton to 21 Jan 1778. [J page.]
Gandolphi Mar11 pp. 94~5 = entered 19 Aug 1783 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Mr Gandolphi to August 1785. [5 lines.]
Grant pp. 140-1 at £26 5.
By agreement with London District Master Grant was sent to Liege
on a free place and during his course of Education the London
District is to pay 25 guineas/ an to Liege for the maintenance of
a Master. London District to Liege Academy.
* Robert Fitzherbert was 5th son of Thomas Fitzherbert, of Swynnerton, by
Mary Teresa Throckmorton. He died at Marino, Italy, 1802, aged 39. Mr.
Berkeley, of Spetchley, had married his sister Teresa.
f James Fermor was 2nd son of William Fermor, of Tusmore and Somerton, by
Frances Errington. He was born in 1773 and died in 1852.
BOYS AT LI&GE ACADEMY, 1773-91 207
Goodrick Simon pp. 152-3 = entered July 1788 at ^20 sent by Suffolk
[Mr Jos. Reeve,* cancelled].
P.P. to Jan 1790. [3 lines.]
Goodwin, Ja. pp. 164-5 = entered Oct 1788 at ,£26 5.
P.P. by Mr Pierce, Swallow Street to 9 Nov 1789. [J page.]
Harrison, vert Dillon p. 23 = entered 28 June 1774.
P.P. by Ld Dillon t to 21 Jan: 1778. [J page.]
Hussey, James, p. 25 = entered 15 Oct: 1774 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His Aunt Mra McNamara to 31 Jany 1779. [J page.]
Hussey s three p. 28 = entered 31 July 1775 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Mrs McNamara to 27 Jan* 1785.
Howard two p. 32 = entered 8 Sept: 1775 at £2Z-
P.P. by Mr Everard Arundell to Mar. 5, 1783. [J page.]
Heneage two \ — Tho pp. 82-3 = entered 12 June 1783 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Lord Petre to 17 May 1786. [J page.]
Haddock pp. 82-3 & 112-113 = entered 12 June 1783 at ^33 12.
P.P. by Mr Haddock to May 1786. [J page.]
Howard Edward p. 184 = entered 1 July 1789.
P.P. to 1 Jany 1790. [5 lines.]
Jordan, James, p. n = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mra Tuite to 5 Dec 1776. [£ page.]
Jordan, John, p. 13 = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mra Tuite to 5 June 1776. [J page.]
James, Charles, p. 17= entered 9 Dec 1773.
Jones, John § pp. 50-1 = entered 23 Feb: 1779 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Jones, Llanarth to April 1780. [J page.]
Jackson p. io7 = entered 30 Sept: 1785. [2 lines.]
Kirwan, John p. 33=entered 28 Sept: 1775 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His Father in ye City Mere* to 18 Feb 1778. [J page.]
Kirwan, Patrick, pp. 38-9 = entered 1 Oct 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr8 Tho. Kirwan to 1 April 1778. [3 lines.]
Kensington pp. 90-1 = entered 18 Oct 1783 at ^33 12.
P.P. by His Father, Lombard Street to 6 June 1786. [J page.]
Keating, Roger pp. 98-9 = entered 18 Sept: 1783 at ^33. 12.
P.P. Anne Keating, Cork; James Kingston, 12 Coleman Street, to
14 May 1784. [3 lines.]
Knight of Devon p. 190 = entered 28 July 1789 at ^25.
P.P. by Ja: Knight & Reeve of Ugbrooke to 28 jan: 1790. [3 lines.]
Lapasture (on a loose sheet.) P.P. Mr Thomas Moore (at ^36,
15). Bill sent in for June to December 1789 — with extras from
1788-1789: was on his way back "with a conductor" from
Rotterdam.
* For Fr. Joseph Reeve, S.J., see Foley, vii. 641.
t Henry, nth Viscount Dillon (1705-1787).
% The two Heneages are probably George and Thomas, sons of George Freschi
Heneage, of Hainton, co. Lincoln, by Katherine, dau. of Robert, 8th Lord Petre.
Their father died in 1782. The Lord Petre who paid for them was their uncle,
Robert Edward, 9th Lord.
§ John Jones was eldest son of Philip Jones, of Llanarth, co. Monmouth, by
Catherine Wyborne. He was born 1759, married Mary Lee in 1789, and died 1828.
His grandson, John Arthur, took the name of Herbert.
208 BOYS AT LI^GE ACADEMY, 1 7 73-9 1
Lawrenson, John* p. 9 = entered 13 Nov: 1773 at .£15.
P.P. by His Father at Witham to 2 April 1779. ' [4 lines.]
Lynch, Edward p. 30 = entered 31 July 1775 at .£33. 12.
P.P. by His father to 1784. [J page.]
Lawson, Johnt pp. 322 & 32 = entered 14 May 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His Father to 14 March 1778. [5 lines.]
Lee pp. 88-9 = entered 18 Oct 1783 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Forest to April 1784. [ij page.]
Lombard & Kelly pp. i5o-i = entered ? 1787.
P.P. by Mr Gorman to March 1790 for Lombard.
1788 Mr Gorman is no longer responsible for Master Kelly, [f page.]
Lattin pp. 342 & 352 = entered 16 April 1777 at ,£33. 12.
P.P. by Mrs Lattin Dorset Street 29, Dublin to Nov 15 1781.
[4 Page.]
Mannock Sir William,! p. io = entered 6 Nov 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mrs Mannock to Dec 13, 1776. [J page.]
More Thomas, § p. 14 = entered n Dec 1774 at £33. 12.
P.P. by Mrs Dalton to 6 March 1776. [J page.]
Meighan Thomas & George, p. 17 & 18 = entered 19th Dec 1773 at
£23' 2'
P.P. by Mrs Meighan to Oct 25 1774.
Maxwells, three, p. 20 = entered 28 Jan 1774. [1 line.]
Mathew, Andrew, p. 21 = entered 24 June 1774 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Cruise to 18 Feb 1778. [J page.]
Mathews, Hugo, p. 26 = entered 28 Jan: 1775 at £2$.
By Jos Mosley || & Mr Matthews II — vide Maryland accounts'to Aug
1777. [2 lines.]
Meynell pp. 322 & 32 = entered 16 April 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Lord Stourton to 14 May 1784. [J page.]
McNamara John, pp. 54 & 5 = entered 1 July 1779 at £33. 12.
P.P. by His Father, Hammersmith to Jany 1783. [| page.]
Manby John, pp. 62~3 = entered 26 April i7[8o] at £33- 12.
P.P. by Mr Manby to 20 Sept 1782. [J page.]
Moore G. & Thomas, pp. 70, 122-3, 186-7 = entered 22 June 1781 at
^33- 12-
P.P. by Mr Baring, Mincing Lane to April 1789. [3 pages.]
Murphy T. p. 156 = entered 4 April 1788. [1 line.]
Meynell, Thomas & George** pp. 168-9 (& loose sheets) entered
18 Sept 1788 at ^36. 15.
* See Foley, vii. 437.
f Probably the second son of John Lawson (3rd son of Sir John Lawson, 3rd
Baronet, of Brough), by Elizabeth Selby.
t Sir William Mannock, 6th Baronet, of Gifford's Hall, Suffolk, was only son of
Sir William, the 5th Baronet, by Elizabeth Alwynne. He was born in 1759, and
died at Liege in 1776.
§ Thomas More may be an alias for Thomas Peter Metcalfe (1756-1793),
only son of Peter Metcalfe, of Glandford Brigg, co. Lincoln, by Bridget dau. and
heiress of Thomas More, of Barnborough, co. York. Bridget married Robert
Dalton, of Thurnham, co. Lancaster, as her 2nd husband.
|| For Fr. Joseph Mosley or Moseley, see Foley, vii. 530.
IT For Fr. Ignatius Matthews, see Foley, vii. 493.
** Thomas and George Meynell were the sons of Edward Meynell, of North
Kilvington, &c, co. York, by Dorothy Carey. Thomas (1 775-1 854) succeeded his
father at Kilvington, &c, and George (d. 1844) was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn.
BOYS AT LlfcGE ACADEMY, 1773-91 209
P.P. by Edw Meynall Esq. ft P. Strickland to 18 March 1791.
[2 pages.]
Neagle pp. 68 & 134 & 5 = entered 10 May 1781 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Sheldon & Lord Petre to 8 Dec 1788. [1 page.]
Orpwood pp. 80-1 = entered 9 June 1783 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His father, Topham [Topsham, near Exeter], Devon, by Mr
Phillips Junr & Mr Rich: Wray to 9 Dec 1784.
Petre, two* pp. 362~72 = entered 8 Aug: 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Lord Petre to 8 May 1785. [f page.]
Parish, Woodbine t pp. 40-1 = entered 1 Sept. 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Woodbine, Yarmouth & Mr Parish at ye Tower to 12
Dec 1782. [J page.]
Price, John, pp. 48~9 = entered 14 Nov: 1778 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Home. S Wales, to April 1784. [J page.]
Plowes, John & Emanuel of Malaga pp. 136-7 = entered 10 July 1787.
P.P. by Mash & Th: Gregory, Kings Arms Yard, Coleman Street to
July 1788. ft page.]
Reilly Mich: (? Hugh) p. 23 = entered 28 June 1774 at ^33. 12.
P.P by Mr Lynch, Jefferies Square & Mr Turner to 22d January
1782. ft page.]
Riddell J p. 31= entered 29 Aug: 1775 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Riddell, Swinburn Castle & Jasper Gibson to March
1 781. ft page.]
Ryan, Nico, pp. 68-9= entered 30 July 1780 at .£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr J. Sutton to 30 July 1784.
Ryan Martyn, p. 69 [mention of entry 4 Aug: 1783 at ,£33. 12].
Ryan Henry, pp. 96~7 = entered 14 Nov: 1781 at j£$$. 12.
P.P. by Mr Ryan, Liverpool to January 1786. [J page.]
Reilly John pp. 124-5 & 172 = entered 15 Jan 1787 at j£$6. 15 o.
P.P. by His father, Thaves Court, Holborn to July 1789. [ij pages.]
Selbye John§ p. 21 = entered 21 March 1774 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Selbye to 17 May. [2 lines.]
f Smith James, p. 12 = entered 5 Dec: 1773. [1 line.]
\ Smith Jeremiah, p. n=entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^32. 12.
* Probably Robert Edward and George, sons of Robert Edward, 9th Lord Petre,
by Anne Howard. Robert became 10th Lord Petre, and George was ancestor of
the Petres of Dunkenhalgh, co. Lancaster.
t Woodbine Parish was the 2nd son of the Rev. Henry Parish, chaplain to Lord
Townshend, by Sarah Woodbine. He remained at Liege till 1783. In letters to his
parents he speaks of his masters as "persons of piety, and exemplary in their Con-
duct, who obtained the affection and respect of their scholars," and to the end of his
life he remembered with pleasure the beautiful services in the College Chapel. In
another letter he writes that "the reigning Prince of Liege attended their great
annuaL festival at which the scholars gave a display of Musick, Fencing &
Dancing, while the Competitors for nobler prizes in Literature sought for greater dis-
tinction, the highest scholars publickly disputing in Philosophy, with the Professors
& Tutors, who on such occasions were invited to attend from other seminaries."
His son became Sir Woodbine Parish, K.C.H., and rose to distinction as a diplo-
matist. (Information from the Hon. N. L. Kay-Shuttleworth.)
t One of the three sons of Thomas Riddell, of Swinburne Castle, co. Northumber-
land, by Elizabeth Widdrington.
§ Possibly the 4th son of Thomas Selby, of Biddlestone, co. Northumberland, by
Eleanor Tuite.
XIII. O
210 BOYS AT LlfeGE ACADEMY, 1773-91
P.P. by Mr Talbot charged to the Academy.
[They seem to have stayed 2 years 5 months & 2 days: = ^163,
8. o. Then came to London ; — for which total expences are ,£82. &c.
Eventually a bill was sent in to Mr Corbierenson, 14 May 1790, with
the charge of ^168 interest on 14 years unpaid debt of 240^: in all
^409. 10. 6.]
Swinburn Tho: & Edw p. 5 = entered 29 Oct 1773. [2 lines.]
Smythe Charles & Henry,* p. 27 = entered 1 June 1775 at £33- I2-
P.P. by Mr Smythe to June 28, 178 1. [| page.]
Stricklands,t two p. 29 = entered 31 July 1775 at ,£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Strickland, Siserg to 31 Jan: 1781. [iPaSe-J
Stratford p. 29 = entered 31 July 1775 at ^"33. 12.
P.P. by His Brother, Mr Stratford to 31 July 1776. [J page.]
Stack p. 282 = entered 29 June 1776 at .£33. 12.
P.P. by Dr Stack to 29 June 1778. [3 lines.]
Scroope J pp. 34s & 52 = entered 16 April 1777 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His Father Mr Scroope to 16 April 1779. [J page.]
Smythe, three pp. 40-1 = entered 6 June 1778 at £33. 12.
P.P. by Sir Edw: Smythe § to 14 May 1785. [| page.]
Shuttleworth pp. 44-5 = entered 9 Aug: 1778 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His father, London to 14 May 1782. [J page.]
Salvin, Croxdale|| pp. 64-5 = entered 22 July 1780 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Salvin, Croxdale to Jan: 1786. [J page.]
Sanders pp. 92-3 & 138-9 = entered 20 Oct: 1783 at £23. 2.
P.P. by His father, Worcester to 20 April 1788. [2 J pages.]
Smythe, Hugh & William If pp. no-i = entered June 1785 at ^50.
P.P. by Lady Smythe to 6 June 1786.
Shepherd Joseph pp. 158-9 & loose sheet = entered 29 Oct: /88 at
^25.
P.P. by His Uncle W. Molyneux. [J page.]
Sturdy Paul pp. 160-1 & loose sheet m entered 17 June 1788 at
;£i5- r5-
P.P. by Sir J. Lawson to 17 Dec 1789. [£ page.]
Sanders John pp. 188-9 & loose sheet = entered 22 July 1789 at
^21.0.
P.P. by His father, Round Hill, Worcester, Spetchley. [| page.]
* Charles and Henry Smythe were the sons of Walter Smythe, of Brambridge,
co. Hants (younger son of Sir John Smythe, 3rd Bart., of Esh, &c.), by Mary
Errington. Their sister Maria was the celebrated Mrs. Fitzherbert, and wife of
George IV.
+ The two Stricklands are probably Thomas and William, sons of Charles Strick-
land, of Sizergh, co. Westmoreland, by Cecilia Towneley. Thomas took the name
of Standish on inheriting that estate.
X Probably a son of Simon Scroope, of Danby, co. York, by Anne Clementina
Meynell.
§ The 4th Baronet.
|| Apparently one of the two sons of William Salvin ( 1 723-1 800), of Croxdale, by
Catherine Thornton.
IT Hugh and William Smythe were younger sons of Sir Edward Smythe, 4th
Bart., of Esbe, &c. Hugh (1 769-1 822) married Lucy Sulyarde ; and William
(b. 1770) vvas killed in battle. Their mother was Mary, dau. of Hugh, 4th Lord
Clifford.
BOYS AT LlfcGE ACADEMY, 1 7 73-9 1 211
Tempest, Stephen, Richard & Charles* pp. 6-7 = entered 5 Nov: 1773.
P.P. by Mr Tempest to 28 Feb 1776. [J page.]
Tuite Robert p. 10 = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by M™ Tuite to 5 Dec 1776. [J page.]
Tancred Thomas, p. 19 = entered 24 Dec 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Webb to 16 May 1777. [£ page.]
Tempest Stephen, t p. 27 = entered 16 July 1775 at ^£20.
P.P. by Mr Tempest of Broughton to 16 July 1777. [J page]
Tousler p. 35 = entered 1 May 1776 at ^"33. 12.
P.P. by His father at Cobham to ? 2 June 1780. [J page.]
Thompsons two p. 36 = entered 5 Aug 1775 at ^33- I2»
n two || = ,, 11 ,, x>23«
P.P. by Mr Cruise Merchfc, Mr Pierce Bryan & Mr Kerwan. [f page.]
Trapps 1 pp. 52-3 = entered 20 June 1779 at j£s3- I2,
P.P. by His father at Nidd, Ripley, to 3 Feb 1781. [J page.]
Talbot two pp. 60-1 =entered 3 May 1780 at ^"33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Talbot to 18 Nov: 178(1). [5 lines.]
Tristam pp. 72~3 = entered 26 Aug: 1781 at £$$. 12.
P.P. by Derby to Aug 27 1787. [£ page.]
Teighe pp. 84-5 = entered 20 Aug: 1783 at ^,33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Teighe to Aug : 1784. [2 lines.]
Tucker, George & Samuel, pp. 96-7= entered 7 Nov /83 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Beuzville, Steward, Spitalfields to 25 April 1 785. [5 lines.]
Trafford two§ p. i92 = entered 6 Sept 1790 at ^36. 15.
P.P. by Mr Trafford to 6 March 1791. [4 lines
Talbot p. 362 = entered 17 April 1777 at ^"33. 12. [1 line
Wharton, Simon,|| p. 8 = entered 5 Nov: 1773.
P.P. by His father Mr Scroope to Sept 1776. [4 lines.]
Wade, Joan, p. 13 = entered 5 Dec 1773 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Alex: Grant, Merch* to Dec 1776. [4 lines.]
Walsh Edward p. 15 = entered n Dec 1773 at ,£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Hay to 27 Nov: 1777. [J page.]
White p. 22 = entered 24 June 1774 at £$$> 12.
P.P. by Mr Rob* Barnewall, Merc1, Lopdon to 9 Feb 1778.
[i Page.]
Walsh Pierce p. 33 = entered 28 Sept: 1775 at .£33. 12.
P.P. by His father (? Mr Tho. Gorman) Bath to ? n Oct 1776.
[2 lines.]
* Stephen, Richard, and Charles were sons of Stephen Walter Tempest, of
Broughton, co. York, by Frances Olive Meynell. Stephen succeeded his father at
Broughton; Richard settled in Manchester, and d.s.p. 1792 ; Charles died un-
married 1836.
t Stephen Tempest was son of Henry Tempest, M.D., of London, by Eleanor
Jones ; Henry Tempest being second son of Stephen Tempest, of Broughton, by
Elizabeth Lawson.
X Francis Michael Trapps (or Trappes) (1765-1843), eldest son of Francis
Trapps, of Nidd, co. York, by Margaret, dau. of William Witham, of Preston-on-
Tees.
§ Probably sons of John Trafford, of Trafford and Croston, co. Lancaster, by
Elizabeth Tempest.
|| Simon Wharton is apparently an alias for Simon Thomas Scroope, of Danby,
by Anne Clementina Meynell.
212 BOYS AT LI^GE ACADEMY, 1773-91
Widdrington, Riddell* p. 37 = entered 21 June 1776 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His Father Mr Riddell to 27 Aug: 1782. [J page.]
White Thomas p. 302 = entered 26 July 1776 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by Mr George White [? Mr Cruise] to 26 Jan: /80. [£ page.]
White James pp. 52-3 = entered 26 June 1779 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by His father, Bristol to 26 Dec 1781. [£ page.]
Wilson p. 62 = entered 26 April at .£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Thew. [1 line.]
Wise Thomas, pp. 66-7 = entered 30 July 1780 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by J. Sutton to 30 July 1784. [f page.]
White Bernard, pp. 80-1 = entered 20 Nov: 1782 at ,£33. 12.
P.P. by Mr Fermor, Bp Hall, York & Mrs Carr to 20 May 1784.
[i page.]
Winter J. & T. pp. 86-7 = entered 20 Aug 1783 at ^33. 12.
P.P. by their father to 20 Aug 1785. [5 lines.]
White, Nicholas, pp. 84-5 & 132-3 = entered Oct 1785 at ^36. 15.
P.P. by Gregory & C° & Mr Strickland to 1 July 1788. [ij pages.]
Webb Tho. pp. 118-9 = entered about Michaelmas 1785. His father
Pavs ^4° Per an. the Acady to account to him for surplus if any
when the son leaves the House. P.P. to 29 Sept 1787. [J page.]
Young, Nolley t pp. 88-9 = entered 27 Aug 1783 at ^31. 10.
P.P. by Mr Johnson, Coopers Row, Tower Hill to 1788.
[i Page0
Zea, Francis p. i82 = entered 18 May 1789 at .£36. 15.
P.P. by E. Bedingfeld to Nov 18 1789. [4 lines.]
Extras
The pension of 32 guineas covers almost all expenses. The following
are samples of extras.
" Journey there," £>]. 7. o, £6. 6. o ; "Journey hither" (probably
a circular tour), jQn» 6. o. Summer excursions were not uncommon.
44 Chaufontaine, and jaunt to the Low Countries," ^£20. 5. 8.
Dress.—" Walter Tempest's Shirts," ^3. n. 8; "Two wigs,"
£z- 15* o. ; "Linen and clothing on going to Liege," ;£i6. 10. J;
"Summer Waistcoats," 16. n£; "Silk stockings/' £$. 17. 4;
" boots," 17s. ; " Trunk," 16s. 6d. The " Uniform," £4. 6.0; " first
uniform dress, as usual," ^3. 18. i£. " For uniform and great coat,"
£$. 9. n. "Watch for Master Riddell," £$. 13. 6.
Arms. — "Walter Tempest's cutlass," jQi. 3. 9; "pistols,"
^1.6.9. "To a gun," ^£2. 2. o.
Miscellaneous. — A " chamber for a year," ^5. 5.0. " By a prize
* Widdrington Riddell is probably identical with Edward Horsley Widdrington
Riddell, of Felton, co. Northumberland, second son of Thomas Riddell, of Swin-
burne, by Elizabeth Widdrington.
t Nolley Young is apparently intended for Notley Young, and an unintentional
error may exist in the writing. In 1799 a Notley Young resided at Nonsuch, near
Washington City, D.C., U.S.A., and the Notley Young in the text is in all proba-
bility his son. This or another son joined the Jesuits, and was a professor at George-
town College in 1804.
BOYS AT LIEGE ACADEMY, 1773-91 213
in the lottery," .£20. Concerts appear frequently in later years. Be-
sides " fencing," music was frequently taught, on the harpsicord, harp,
flute, and violin, also singing. " To recreations, Gazettes and con-
certs," £4. 2.7. An extra charge " for physician " is very rare.
The extras for " Master Petre " come to the most considerable
figure mentioned,^. "Two suits of clothes, ^5. n. o; 6 pair silk
stockings, £2. 9. o; Handkerchiefs and gloves — 17. 6.; Half year
for Preceptor, ^37. 10. o; To jaunt in 1778, £16. 3. o." In all,
the charges for him were, per year ^120, ^116, j£iii, ;£i45> £91*
^88.
NO. VIII
THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CLUB, 1793-8
CONTRIBUTED BY JOSEPH S. HANSOM
The Roman Catholic Club, set up to counteract the evil action of the
Cisalpine Club in its schismatical attempt to ignore the authority of the Holy
See, had but a brief existence. The universality and unity of the Church
under its Roman Headship being asserted, the reason for the Club's
existence terminated. The slight glimpses of its work and the names of
those acting with the Right Rev. John Douglass, Bishop of Centuria, Vicar-
General of the London District, must be of interest. The reader is referred
to the works of Bishop Milner and Charles Butler, Gillow's Diet. Eng.
Calks., under those headings, &c.
Judging from the portly size of the book (14x9 inches, of about 560
pages), and its fine red-leather, gilded binding and edges, a much longer
existence of the Club had been anticipated. The writing is a beautiful
specimen of penmanship, presumably by the Secretary, Mr. William Havers.
It has been handed down in that family and is now the property of Mr.
Thomas Gerald Havers, gt.-gt.-grandson of the Secretary. Mrs. Stanislaus
Havers kindly secured me a loan of it some years back, when I made a
transcript which has since been awaiting its turn in one of our Miscellanea
volumes. J. S. H.
(Page 1) At a Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in
the Strand on the 3rd of June 1793 —
William Sheldon Esqr in the Chair.
It was resolved
First. That a General Club of Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry,
may be conducive to the Body at large ; and as their chief Object must
always be to promote Unanimity, they think that End may be better
obtained by a more numerous Attendance. It is therefore resolved to
adjourn this Meeting to the second Thursday after Easter 1794.
Secondly. That this Resolution be communicated to all the Catholic
Nobility and Gentry by Letter.
PRESENT
Mr W. Sheldon (Chairman) Mr R. Selby
The R* Honble Lord Stourton Mr Conyers
The Rfc Revd Dr Douglass Mr Bourke
Mr Maxwell Constable Mr Manby
Mr C. Constable Mr Blount
Mr Mannock Mr Berington
Mr Needham Mr J. Berington
Mr James Bradshaw Mr Webbe Weston
Mr W. Havers Mr Wright
Mr Selby Mr Walsh Porter
In consequence of the above Resolutions, Letters were sent to all
the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry, requesting their Attendance
on the i8t of May 1794.
THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, 1793-8 215
(2) At a Meeting (by Adjournment) held at the Crown and
Anchor in the Strand on the ist of May 1794.
The Right Honorable Lord Stourton in the Chair.
In pursuance of the Resolutions entered into at the Meeting held
the 3rd of June 1793, the undersigned Roman Catholics unanimously
adopted the following Resolutions for establishing General Meetings
of the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry in each Year.
Resolved 1. That such of the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry,
who wish to become Subscribers to these Meetings, shall send their
Name and Place of Abode to the Secretary, and immediately pay the
Sum of One Guinea, and the same Sum annually in advance.
2. That the Vicars Apostolic be invited by Letter always to attend
the Meetings.
3. That every Nobleman and Gentleman be at Liberty to introduce
any one Clergyman as his Guest, on giving previous Notice to the
Secretary, that he means to introduce a Friend.
4. That there shall be two Meetings in each year; the first, on the
first Thursday after the 18th day of January j and the other, on the first
Thursday in May, and that the Expence of the Ordinary on those days
be paid by the Secretary out of the Sum subscribed.
5. That the Nobility and Gentry present at these Meetings shall
have Power to call a Meeting on any intermediate day or days paying
the Expences.
(3) 6. That any Proposal made at a future Meeting shall be admitted
or rejected by the Majority, but if admitted, shall not be binding unless
confirmed at a subsequent Meeting, which shall not be held in less than
Fourteen days after such first Meeting, and that none of the present or
any future Resolutions shall be expunged or altered, but by the Majority
of a greater Number of Subscribers than were present when they were
first voted.
7. That a Secretary be appointed annually.
8. That the Secretary shall inform the absent Subscribers what has
been done at the preceding Meeting.
9. That each Subscriber may send in writing any Remark or Pro-
posal he may think for the Advantage of the Body to the Secretary, to
be by him communicated to the Nobility and Gentry who shall be
assembled at the next Meeting.
10. That if it shall be judged expedient to call an extraordinary
Meeting, the Secretary shall give Notice thereof to the Subscribers.
11. That no Person shall be entitled to receive Information from
the Secretary, except those who shall have paid their Annual Subscrip-
tion previous to the Meeting in January.
12. That Dinner be on Table at halfpast five precisely.
13. That the Chairman for the next Meeting be now named, and that
at every future Meeting the Chairman be named for the succeeding
one.
14. That the Secretary do call for the Bill at Eight o Clock precisely.
15. That these and all future Regulations shall be entered by the
Secretary in a Book, in which shall also be (4) entered the Names of
the Subscribers, the Book to be at all times open for the inspection of
2l6 THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, I793~8
any of the Roman Catholic Nobility or Gentry who may afterwards
wish to become Subscribers.
1 6. That the Secretary be directed to send circular Letters to all
the Roman Catholic Nobility and Gentry with a Copy of the Resolutions
and Regulations adopted at this Meeting, and the List of the Gentle-
men present.
17. That the Right Honorable Lord Clifford be Chairman of the
next Meeting.
18. That Mr Wm Havers be appointed Secretary.
The Thanks of the Meeting were voted unanimously to the Chair-
man for his candid and impartial Conduct.
PRESENT.
The Right Revd Dr Douglass
The R1 Honble the Earl of Newburgh
The R1 Honble Lord Stourton
The R1 Honble Lord Arundell
The R1 Honble Lord Clifford
Sir Thomas Fletewood Bar*
Sir William Jerningham Barfc
Sir Walter Blount Bar1
Sir Carnaby Haggerstone Bar1
W. H. Maxwell Constable
Robert Clifford
John Webbe Weston
Everard Arundell
Edward Huddlestone
Thomas Weld
Thomas Weld, Junr
George Bishop
Thomas Stonor
Edward Bellew
Edward Jerningham
Thomas Clifford
Rowland Conyers
Thomas Nelson
John Cary
Charles Stanley
Michael Blount
James Douglass
Thomas Meade
William Sheldon
Joseph Thackeray
Clement Kirwan
George Cary Junr
Francis Eyre
Thomas Huddlestone
Thomas Walmesley
Francis Hutton Junr
Richard Huddlestone
William Mervin Dillon
Doctor Nihell
Francis Witham
William Witham
Rickard Bourke
Thomas Couche
Henry Huddlestone
Francis Plowden
Edward Blount
William Havers
(5)
NAME
The R1 Honble the Earl
of Newburgh
The R1 Honble Lord
Stourton
The R1 Honble Lord
Arundell
The R1 Honble Lord
Clifford
wthdn Sir Thomas Fletewood Bar1
List of Subscribers
place of residence
Slindon, Sussex
Stourton near Ferrybridge, Yorks
Wardour Castle near Salisbury,
Wilts
Ugbrooke, Chudleigh
Gower Street, Bedford Square
Sir William Jerningham Cossey Hall near Norwich
Bar1
THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, I793~8 21 7
Sir Walter Blount Bar1
Sir Carnaby Haggerstone
Bar*
Sir Edward Smythe Bar1
Dead W: H: Maxwell Constable
Honble Robert Clifford
wthdu Thomas Clifford
John Webbe Weston
Thomas Weld
Everard Arundell
Thomas Weld Junr
Thomas Stonor
George Bishop
*wthdQ Michael Blount
*wthdn Clement Kirwan
*out of /Thomas Meade
the Kgdom\ Edward Bellew
William Sheldon
Peter Holford
(6)
John Cary
Charles Stanley
Esqrs
NAME
Edward Jerningham
George Cary Junr
*wthdn Francis Eyre
*D° James Douglass
Rowland Conyers
*D° Thomas Huddlestone
Thomas Walmesley
*D° Edward Huddlestone
*D° Henry Huddlestone
*D° Richard Huddlestone
W. Mervin Dillon
Joseph Thackeray
William Witham
Dr Nihell
Rickard Bourke
Francis Hutton Junr
Francis Witham
*D° Thomas Couche
* In pencil.
Mawley near Bewdley, Worcester-
shire
Haggerston Hall
Wooton, Henley in Arden War-
wickshire
Everingham, Market- Weighton,
York.
Tixall near Litchfield, Staffordshire
Sutton Place, Guildford, Surrey
Lulworth Castle near Poole, Ware-
ham, Dorset
Ashcombe near Shaftsbury, Dorset
tWestbrooke House, Dorchester
George Street, Manchester Square
Mapledurham, Reading, Berks
Lime Street
Portman Street
Gray's Inn
Wooton Henley in Arden, War-
wickshire
N° 10 Lincolns Inn
N° 58 Upper Seymour Street
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
N° 18 Lincolns Inn
Torr Abbey, Totness (or Newton
Abbott) Devon
Warkworth near Banbury, Oxfordsh
Bedford Street, Bedford Square
Hatton Street
Hammersmith
Sarston near Saffron Walden, Cam:
Gray's Inn
Francis Street, Gower Street X re-
moved
S* James's Street
Grays Inn
Leicester Place, Leicester Fields
N° 50 Upper Charlotte Street
Red Lion Square
Gray's Inn
N° 2 North Street, Upper Char-
lotte Str
t " Lulworth Castle" scored out.
2l8 THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, 1793-8
William Havers
Gray's Inn
*D°
John Needham
Gray's Inn
Henry Mai re
Lartington nr Barnard Castle,
Durham
Edward Constable
Burton Constable, Hull York:
Francis Sheldon
Wycliffe, Greta Bridge
Thomas Suffield
Catton near Norwich
*D°
Thomas Nelson
Conduit Street
Philip Langdale
Houghton near Market Weigh ton,
York:
*D°
Anthony Kirwan
Lime Street
Honble J. E. Arundell
Salisbury
John Dillon Esq18
Lincoln's Inn
.(7)
NAME
Marmaduke Maxwell
William Middleton
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Robert Kilby Cox
G* Queen Street
Dead
Ferrers
Thomas Wright
Henrietta Street Covent Garden
*wthdl
1 Sir Henry Tichborne Bar*
Tichborne, Alresford, Hants.
*D°
John Jones
Llanarth, Abergavenny.
Sir Richard Bedingfeld
Oxburgh, Stoke, Norfolk
Bar*
Sir William Gerard Bar*
Garswood, Warrington
William Anderton
Ince, Wigan
Thomas Havers
Thelton Hall, Diss, Norfolk
John Manby [*d. 1819]
Bead's Hall, Brentwood, Essex
Sirt Thomas Webbe Bar*
N° 148 New Bond Str
Charles Biddulph
Burton
Thomas Lloyd
S* James's Street
John Stonor
William Mannock
Giffords Hall, Shalford S* Mary,
Suffolk
[Pages 8-15 are left blank for entries^
(16) At a Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on
Thursday the 22d of January 1795.
The Right Honorable Lord Clifford in the Chair.
It was resolved unanimously
That the Roman Catholic Peers be requested to wait on Mr Pitt,
with it was understood they had a Negociation last year, and that
they state the increasing Difficulty of the Situation of the Roman
Catholics in the present alarming State of the Country.
That an extraordinary Meeting be called to meet at this Place on
Thursday the fifth of February to receive the Report of the Peers
and to consider on the most eligible manner of applying for farther
Relief.
That the Thanks of the Meeting be given to Lord Clifford and that
his Lordship be requested to take the Chair at the next Meeting.
* In pencil. t "Sir" inserted later.
THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, 1793-8 219
At the Adjourned Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor
Tavern on Thursday the fifth of February 1795
The Right Honorable Lord Clifford in the Chair.
The Peers present reported that they had not yet had an Interview
with Mr Pitt owing as they conceived to the great Pressure of public
Business.
The following Resolution was then unanimously adopted.
Resolved
That in the present Moment it appears inexpedient to (17) call a
General Meeting of the Roman Catholic Body : That therefore those
Noblemen and Gentlemen present, who may have it in their Power to
procure Information be requested to digest such Plans and pursue such
Measures as they conceive best calculated to obtain further Relief for
the Body at large.
That the next adjourned Meeting be held at the Crown and Anchor
on the 5th of March.
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman.
At an Adjourned Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on the
5th of March 1795.
Francis Eyre Esq1* in the Chair.
This Meeting was adjourned to Thursday the 16th of April 1795.
An Adjourned Meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor on
the 16th of April 1795.
The Right Honorable the Earl of Newburgh in the Chair.
At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on Thurs-
day the 7th of May 1795
Sir Carnaby Haggerston Bar* in the Chair.
Resolved
That a General Call of the Roman Catholic Body, in the present
Moment, would be highly improper.
Mr. W. Havers was rechosen Secretary for the ensuing year.
(18) At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on the
21st of January 1796
Sir Walter Blount Bar* in the Chair
Mr W. Weston was appointed Chairman for the next Meeting.
At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on the
5th of May 1796
John Webbe Weston Esq1" in the Chair.
The following Resolution moved by Mr Sheldon & seconded by
Mr Needham was unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That the Secretary do call for the Bill at Nine instead
of Eight oClock as expressed in Rule 14th.
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chair-
man— Mr Geo: Cary was appointed Chairman for the next General
Meeting. & Mr Wm Havers Secretary for the ensuing year.
220 THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, I793~S
At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on the
19th of January 1797.
The Honble Robert Clifford (in the absence of Mr Geo: Cary) in
the Chair.
The following Resolution moved by Mr Webbe Weston & seconded
by Mr Hutton was unanimously adopted
Resolved. That the Secretary do pay out of the Fund to Mess™
Witham the Sum of Six Pounds being the Moiety of their Bill on the
Address to his Majesty on his fortunate Escape from Assassination.
The Honorable Robert Clifford was appointed Chairman for the
next General Meeting.
(19) At a General Meeting held at the Crown & Anchor on the
4th of May 1797.
The Honorable Robert Clifford in the Chair.
Mr Sheldon moved and seconded by Mr Webbe Weston
That the 11th Article of the Regulations only alludes to those
Catholics who have not received previous Information and that the
Secretary be instructed in future to forward the proper Invitations to all
such as have not been already apprised of this Meeting.
Resolved unanimously.
That the Secretary in his next Circular Letter do inform the Sub-
scribers of the Arrears of their respective Subscriptions and request
them to discharge the same.
That Sir Thomas Webbe Bar1, be Chairman at the next Meeting.
Mr Clifford moved and seconded by Mr J: Stonor.
That Mr William Havers be continued Secretary for the year
ensuing. Resolved unanimously.
The Thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Chairman.
(20) At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on
the 25th of January 1798.
Sir Thomas Webbe being prevented attending. The Honble
Robert Clifford in the Chair.
Charles Biddulph Esqr was appointed Chairman for the next
General Meeting.
Previous to the above Meeting the following Gentlemen signified
to the Secretary their Intentions of discontinuing their Subscrip-
tions.
Sir Thomas Fletewood
Francis Eyre Esqr
Michael Blount Esqr
Anthony Kirwan Esqr
Clement Kirwan Esqr
Thomas Huddleston Esqr
Henry Huddleston Esqr
Thomas Couche Esq1'
Thomas Nelson Esqr
James Douglass Esqr
THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLUB, I793~8 221
At a General Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor on the
3rd of May 1798.
Charles Biddulph Esqr in the Chair.
Mr Biddulph moved & seconded by Mr Weston.
That Charles Stanley Esqr be Chairman at the next General
Meeting in January.
That Mr Wm Havers be continued Secretary for the year ensuing.
Resolved unanimously.
[ The rest of the book is blank.']
NO. IX
REGISTERS OF FR. THOMAS WORTHINGTON, O.P.
KEPT IN LANCASHIRE, 17 13-17
CONTRIBUTED BY JOSEPH S. HANSOM
These registers are amongst those belonging to St. Mary's, Leeds, now at
Somerset House (Yorkshire non-parochial, No. 237) ; but as they refer
entirely to Lancashire, they are here extracted from their position.
Fr. Thomas Worthington, O.P., seems to have been acting as chaplain
to William Molyneux, fourth Viscount Molyneux of Maryborough in the
peerage of Ireland, of Croxteth Park, near Liverpool, at or near which all
the marriages and baptisms took place, except the last at Bardsea in the
north of Lancashire, where Lord Molyneux had a smaller seat or hunting
place. The registers afford a partial itinerary of Fr. Worthington, unknown
to the late Fr. Raymund Palmer, O.P., as the misplaced letter (really
belonging to the Middleton or Leeds registers) is, at a later date.
The registers were evidently put together at a later period and at one
time from memory or old notes, perhaps both defective, the blanks empha-
sizing this view. In one case he writes over his own dots. J. S. H.
[There are first 16 pages 6x4 inches. On p. [1] the first is written
" 3 York iA," [2] is blanks [3 and 4] most cut out, [7 and 8] half cut
out, and [9-16] all blank. The following is written on pages [5 and 6].
[5] Liber Conjugatorum
a
ffr** Thoma Worthington, O.P.
T. R. Anno Dni. 17 14.
Denuntiationibus oibus omissis,
in domo & regioni Croxteath, nullo legitimo impedimento detecto Ego
fr Thomas Worthington O. P. Missionarius Apostolicus filium
Pennington, & filiam interrogavi, eorumq mutuo
consensu habito, Solemniter per verba de presenti matrimonio conjunxi.
Presentibus Testibus
quamplurimis. Ita est f* Tho: Worthington OP.
Anno Dni 17 16
Mense Julio, die 22% Denunciationibus oibus omissis. Nullo
legitimo impedimento detecto, in oppido dicto Warrington, Ego Infra-
scriptus Gulielmum Ld Molineux, & Filiam Mariam Skelton interro-
gavi, eorumq mutuo consensu habito, Solemniter per vrba de presenti
matrimonio conjunxi, Presentibus Testibus Notis Skelton,
Roberto Molineux, Jacobo Leyburn, &c:
Jta est P Tho: Worthington OP.
[6] Mense Augusto, die 14* Denunciationibus omnibus omissis,
nullo legitimo impedimento detecto, in domo & regione Croxteath Ego
infrascriptus Hugonem Anderton & Joannam Rimmer interrogavi,
eorumq mutuo consensu habito, solemniter per verba de presenti matri-
monio C'junxi, Testibus notis Richardo & Margarita Rimmer.
Jta est P Tho: Worthington OP.
REGISTERS OF FR. THOMAS WORTHINGTON, O.P. 223
Denunciationibus omnibus omissis, nullo
legitimo Jmpedimento decto in domo e Regioe Croxteath Ego Jnfra-
scriptus Pilkinton & Elizabeth Rushton interrogavi,
eorumq mutuo consensu habito solemniter per verba de presenti matri-
monio C'junxi. Presentibus Testibus Notis Johanna & Maria Woods
& Jana Rushton.
Jta e fr Tho: Worthington OP.
TR
[Then follow twelve pages, 6f x 4! inches, are numbered^
(1) T. R. Liber Baptizatorum
a
F. Thoma Worthington, M° A0: OP.
Anno Dni 17 13.
Sept: 260 Ego F Tho: Worthington Mus- ApU8 O.P. Baptizavi in
Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem natam ex Henrico & Catharina Cowley
Conjugibus ex loco dicto Fizackerley,* cui impositum est Nomen Annae.
Patrini fuerunt Thomas Rouston & Anna Rushton,
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Oct: n° Jtem Ego Baptizavi Jn capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natam ex Gulielmo & Jsabella Harrison Conjugibus ex loco dicto
Highton t, cui impositum et Nomen Sarce. Patrini fuerunt Johannes
Battersby & Elizabeth Rentford.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(2) Oct: 1 30 Jtem ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum Jnfantem
natam ex Johanne & Margarita Tyreir Conjugibus in loco vicino
dicto Fizackerly, cui impositum est nomen Aloisice. Patrini fuerunt
Robertus Wor & Anna Pickering.
Jta est f* Tho: Worthington OP.
Oct: 2 8° Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum Jnfantem natum
ex Georgio & Maria Woods Conjugibus in loco vicino vz: Darby, \
cui impositum est Nomen Johannis. Patrini fuerunt Matheus Withing-
ton, & Margarita Barrow.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Nov: i° Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum Jnfantem natam
ex Roberto & Maria Watmore Conjugibus in loco vicino dicto
Fizackerly, Cui impositum est Nomen Margaritse. Patrini fuerunt
Robertus Laurence & Margarita Widdowson.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Dec: n° Jtem ego Baptizavi in Cubiculo nostro in Croxteath
Jnfantem Natam ex Edoardo & Sara § Rose Conjugibus in loco vicino
dicto cui impositum est Nomen Dorotheas Patrini
fuerunt Gulielmus Rad[e or c]liff & Anna Hunt.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington 0:P.
Anno Dni 17 14
Jan: i° Jtem ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Darby Jnfantem
Natum ex Johanne & Maria Smith Conjugibus, cui impositum est
Nomen Jacobi. Patrini fuerunt Gulielmus Rimmer & Margarita Smith.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
* Fazackerley. f Hightown.
% West Derby. § Sara written over dots.
224 REGISTERS OF FR. THOMAS WORTHINGTON, O.P.
Sept: 260 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Darby Jnfantem
Natum ex Gulielmo & Anna Hunt Conjugibus cui impositum est
Nomen Roberti. Patrini fuerunt Georgius Sitgwick & Elizabetha
Bibby. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(4) Nov: 300 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Richardo & Margarita Rimmer Conjugibus in Darby cui
impositum est Nomen Roberti. Patrini fuerunt Johannes & Elizabeth
Barrow. Jta est fr Thomas Worthington OP.
Anno Dili 17 15
Feb: 90 Jtem Ego baptizavi in domo Parentum in Fizackerly
Jnfantem Natum ex Henrico et Catharina Cowley Conjugibus, cui
impositum est Nomen Davidis, Patrini (quoniam Jnfans periclitatus
est) Ego Jpse & Elizabetha Rushton.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Mart: 240 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Darby Jn-
fantem Natum ex Gulielmo & Johanna Birch Conjugibus, cui
impositum est Nomen Henrici. Patrini fuerunt Robertus
... & Elizabetha Rushton. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(5) Jul: 240 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Darby
[Infantem above] Natum ex Georgio & Maria Woods Conjugibus,
cui impositum est Nomen Jacobi. Patrini fuerunt
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Sept: 40 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum Jnfantem Natum
ex Roberto & Maria Watmore Conjugibus in loco dicto Fizackerly,
cui impositum est Nomen Thomae. Patrini fuerunt Jacobus
& Joanna Fleetwood. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Nov: 210 Jtem Ego baptizavi in Cubiculo nostro de Croxteath
Jnfantem Natum ex Harrison
Conjugibus, in loco vicino dicto Fizackerly. Cui impositum est Nomen
Joannis. Patrini fuerunt Robertus Laurence & Maria Trustram.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(6) Nov: 1 70 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Domo Parentum in Darby
Jnfantem Natam et Roberto & Chanterell Conjugibus,
cui impositum est Nomen Marise. Patrini fuerunt Thomas Bolt, &
Elizabeth Blackburn. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Dec 1 50 Jtem Ego baptizavi in Cubiculo nostro in Croxteath Jnfan-
tem Natum ex Finch cui
impositum est Nomen Gulielmi ; Patrini fuerunt Gulielmus Radclif, &
Helena Toys. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Anno Dni 1716
Jan: i° Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Cubiculo nostro in Croxteath Jnfan-
tem Natum ex Chapman ex Knowsley, cui
impositum est Nomen Johannis. Patrini fuerunt Johannes Hewart &
Joanna Prior. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(7) Feb: i° Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Oppido Leverpoole* Jnfantem
Natum ex Joseph & Waddesworth, cui impositum
est Nomen Josephi. Patrini fuerunt Shuttleworth, et
Plesington. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Feb: 120 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Oppido Leverpoole Jnfantem
* Liverpool.
KEPT IN LANCASHIRE, 1713-17 225
natum ex Patricio Conjugibus, cui impositum
est Nomen Patricij. Patrini fuerunt Daniel Morphew &
Lancaster. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
May 240 Jtem ego baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Joanne & Maria Smith Conjugibus, Cui impositum est
Nomen Henrici. Patrini fuerunt Johannes Smith, & Catharina Molom.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(8) Aug: 50 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Johanne & Elizabeth Johnson Conjugibus in Darby. Cui
impositum est Nomen Thomas. Patrini fuerunt Gulielmus Smith &
Maria Bushel. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Sept: 20 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Edoardo & Rosa Finch Conjugibus. cui impositum est
Nomen Jacobi. Patrini fuerunt Matheus loco Jacobi Withington &
Dorothea Rose. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Sept: 300 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Fizackerly
Jnfantem ex \ Tatlock Conjugibus, cui im-
positum est Nomen Henrici. Patrini fuerunt Tatlock &
Hewart. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(9) Oct: 70 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Domo Parentum in Darby
Jnfantem Natam ex Johanne & Maria Woods Conjugibus, cui im-
positum est Nomen Eleonorce. Patrini fuerunt Johannes Ashton &
Joanna Birch. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Nov: 1 50 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo Parentum in Darby Jnfantem
Natum ex Hugone et Joanna Anderton Conjugibus, cui impositum
est Nomen Jacobi. Patrini fuerunt Gulielmus Shuttleworth & Elizabeth
Blackburn. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington. OP.
Anno Dni 17 17
Feb: 20 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natam ex Gulielmo & Joanna Birch Conjugibus in Darby, cui im-
positum est Nomen Margaritas. Patrini fuerunt Henricus Asp
& Elizabeth Abraham. Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(10) Feb: io° Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Thoma & Anna Norris Cungibus, cui impositum est Nomen
Richardi. Patrini fuerunt Robertus Whiteside. & Maria Latham.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Maij 90 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natum ex Lipthrop Conjugibus in Darby,
cui impositum est Nomen Johannis. Patrini fuerunt Jacobus Withing-
ton, loco cujus stetit Gulielmus Shuttleworth, & Elizabeth Lipthrop.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
Maij 1 30 Jtem Ego Baptizavi in domo dicta Moo [?] Beggers-Hall
Jnfantem Natam ex Finch cui impositum est Nomen
Susannas. Patrini fuerunt Finch & Lipthrop.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
(n) Julii 210 Jtem Ego baptizavi in Capella de Croxteath Jnfantem
Natam ex Edoardo et Sara Rose Conjugibus in loco vicino
cui impositum est Nomen Aloisise. Patrini fuerunt Gulielmus Radcliff
pro Gulielmo Finch, & Elizabeth Cooper.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington OP.
XIII. p
226 REGISTERS OF FR. THOMAS WORTHINGTON, O.P.
Aug: 2 5° Jtem Ego baptizaviin Capella de Bardsea Jnfantem Natam
ex Edoardo et Joanna Boreskin Conjugibus in loco vicino dicto
Cartmell,* cui impositum est Nomen Marise. Patrini fuerunt Edoardus
Tarbock & Dorothea Rigby loco aliorum.
Jta est fr Tho: Worthington. OP.
[This ends the register \ the initials T R {Thomas Rees) being on
page (i i), whilst the only remaining page (12) is occupied by the certificate
of three other commissioners— John Bowring, Sam Gale and John
Shoveller.']
* Has been Cattmell.
NO. X
CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1 742-1840, WITH NOTES OF
THE SCROPE FAMILY, 1663-1754.
CONTRIBUTED BY JOSEPH S. HANSOM, WITH THE HISTORY OF THE
MISSIONS BY JOSEPH GILLOW
The five books, lately increased to six as mentioned below, are properly
described in the certificate and above, and not as of Danby alone. Amongst
the non-parochial registers at Somerset House they are numbered " York-
shire 76." I am indebted to the Registrar-General for facilities to transcribe
them, and to Mr. A. R. Bellingham, Superintendent of Records at Somerset
House, and his staff, for kindly attention to my convenience.
The earliest entries are relating to the family of Scrope of Danby. The
Danby general registers commence in 1742, followed by a lapse after 1788,
which, as regards deaths, is made up by an insertion down to 1794, and
then continued to the closing of the mission in 1806. The lapse in the
baptisms is shorter, and the resumption takes place in 1790. Afoot-note
gives a probable explanation for omissions from 1754-58. From 1806 they
are continued as West Witton registers to 1835.
The Leyburn registers commence in 1793 and continue to 1838, the last
three years being an amalgamation of West Witton and Leyburn. This
accounts for all these registers being in the hands of the Rev. Richard
Bolton at Leyburn, when he forwarded them to Somerset House in 1840.
The books have had numbers given to them with some relation to the
dates and convenience. For the sake of continuity and comprehensiveness,
I have here rearranged the order, giving the present numbers in paren-
theses ; and incidentally I have suggested to the Registrar-General that
the books should be altered in the same way. A short description of the
several books seems advisable.
I (VI). A new dummy volume, iof x Z\ inches, made up for the purpose
of accommodating the old sheet of paper, now divided into two by wear and
partly illegible. It contains notes and registers of the Scrope family of
Danby, formerly fastened in the Leyburn registers, VI (IV). They date
from 1663 to 1754, and are produced in photogravure. The certificate from
II (I), which refers to the whole series, is more appropriately placed here.
II (I). It contains copies of the oldest general registers, viz., — (a)
Oakley's, 1742-54, the originals of which are not at Somerset House;
(b) Wappeler's, 1758-64, the originals being in III (II) ; (c) Boone's, 1764-71,
the originals also being in III (II) ; (d) the original continuation of Boone's
and other registers to 1788, with two lists of confirmations in 1773 and '804
at the reverse end. The certificate in it is, for our purpose, in I (VI). It
is an ordinary pocket-book with pockets, covered in green vellum with a
common clasp. Size, 6} x 4 inches.
III (II). The original registers by Wappeler, 1758-64, and Boone,
1764-71. The copies being in II (I), they are not printed here ; but have
been collated with the copies. They are on 16 pages of paper, 6^x4
inches, sewn together, and placed in a book back.
IV (III). Danby baptisms from 1790 to 1806 (when the chaplaincy or
mission ceased) continued at West Witton until 1835, after which date
West Witton registers appear in the Leyburn book, VI (IV). They are
on paper, y\ x 4^ inches, and placed in a book cover.
228 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
V (V). Danby deaths, 1 794-1 804. Pages 3-6 have been inserted, and
contain a few particulars in the interval between 1788 and 1794, in different
hands. Although registers of deaths, four baptisms are recorded and dup-
licated in IV (III). They are on paper 7^x4^ inches, newly bound in
half vellum, with some padding pages.
VI (I V). The baptismal registers of Leyburn, although not so described,
from 1 793-1 838. The Thornburghs and subsequently the Riddells had a
seat here. Some registers relating to West Witton appear after those
registers cease in 1835. The Scrope paper was formerly fastened in this.
Size, 8£ x 6^ inches, placed in a book cover.
It is impossible to differentiate between the registers of the three places
in such close proximity. The priests of one would officiate for those of
another, and in times of vacancy it was necessary.
Amongst the names of local Catholics taking the oath of allegiance in
1 791 and 1792, there appear the following in N. Riding Records^ viii.
153-4:
Danby. — Simon Thomas Scroope, Esq. ; John Sharrock, gent. ; Thomas
Douthwaite, steward ; and Mary Hedley, spinster.
Leyburn.— William Allen, gent.; William Allen, junior, farmer;
Thomas Allen, farmer; John Blenkinsop, farmer; Robert Blenkinsop,
mason ; Christopher Dent, mason ; John Dent, mason ; and John Shaw ,
farmer.
West Witton. — Thomas Buckle, gent. ; and William Furniss, gent.
Mr. Gillow supplies the following notes regarding the missions.
J. S. H.
HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
LEYBURN MISSIONS.
Barker in his delightful work, entitled The Three Days of Wensleydale,
dedicated to Simon Thomas Scrope, Esq., of Danby-super-Yore, in 1854,
traces a meagre yet interesting account of the mission in Wensleydale during
the long Dark Day of Persecution. He records the local tradition that the
celebrated Dom John Dionysius Huddleston, who subsequently received
Charles II. into the Church, resided for some time at Grove House, Leyburn,
and attended to the wants of the Catholics of the neighbourhood. This may
be correct, but if so it must have been before he joined the Benedictine
Order, and during the troublous times of the Civil Wars, probably when
Henry Scrope or his brother Simon were the squires of Danby. He asserts
that a chaplain was almost always resident at Danby Hall. The Scropes
came into possession of that estate through the marriage of the heiress of
Simon Conyers with Henry Scrope, of Spennithorne, who died there in
1 591. Under one of the rooms in the old hall there is, or was in Barker's
time, a hiding-place in which the hunted missionaries were often and suc-
cessfully concealed. There was also a similar hiding-place at The Grove,
or Grove House, in Leyburn, long the seat of the Thornburghs, after they
had ceased to reside at Selside Hall, co. Westmoreland. William Thorn-
burgh, of Selside Hall,a Catholic non-juror in 1717, married Mary Huddleston,
a niece of Dom John Dionysius Huddleston, and his son Francis Thornburgh
settled at Grove House, having married a daughter of Thomas Sudell, Esq.,
of Windlass Park and West Witton, co. York. The latter's brother, Dr.
William Thornburgh, president of Douay College, died on a visit to Grove
House in 1750. This Francis joined the Chevalier de St. George in 171 5,
and it was probably in consequence, after the defeat at Preston, that he
settled in Leyburn, where he died in 1774, as recorded in the registers. His
niece Mary Thornburgh became sole heiress to the family estates, and,
having in 1769 become the wife of Ralph Riddell, of Cheeseburne Grange,
second son of Thomas Riddell, of Swinburne Castle and Felton Park, Nor-
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 229
thumberland, Grove House passed to that family, and at various times has
been occupied by the Riddells.
Grove House was the secular mission, while that at Danby Hall was
generally served by the Jesuits until after the suppression of the Society.
Two other chapels were eventually opened at Ulshaw Bridge and West
Witton, but all gradually merged into one mission. At times it is very
difficult to distinguish between these missions, but so far as the tangle can
be unravelled the following sub-divisions fairly represent the history.
Danby Hall.
Rev. Thomas Cornforth alias Roydon, born in 1679, was ordained priest
at Douay College, and thence was sent to St. Gregory's Seminary at Paris
in 1707. He did not take degrees at the Sorbonne as intended, and prob-
ably came over to the mission soon afterwards, and was placed as chaplain
to Simon Scrope, Esq., at Danby, where he is met with in 17 14. Some time
before 1728, probably in consequence of the persecution which followed the
Rising of 171 5, he removed to Marnhull, co. Dorset, was elected an arch-
deacon of the Old Chapter on July 14, 1739, and died Aug. 5, 1748, aged 70.
During his chaplaincy in 17 16 Fr. Thomas Worthington, O.P., is found
serving at Danby, but he was probably merely on a visit to the Scropes.
Fr. John Giffard, S.J., seems to have succeeded Mr. Cornforth. He was
born in London, Dec. 20, 1683-4, and entered the Society in 1705. Foley
{Records S.J. vii. 301) states that he was chaplain and missioner at Danby
Hall. He left in 1740, and returned to St. Omer's College, where he died
Aug. 21, 1757, aged 74. During his administration, in 1728, Bishop Williams
made his visitation at Danby, and gave confirmation to 40 persons.
Fr. Francis Oakley alias Auckland, S.J., succeeded Fr. Giffard in 1740.
Foley says he was born in Worcestershire, Aug. 3, 1694, but it is probable
that he was the son of Thomas Oakley, of Brailes, co. Warwick, yeoman,
a Catholic non-juror in 1717. He was superior of the Yorkshire District for
the Society. Under date Jan. 12, 1745, he refers in the register to his
nearly being banished for baptizing a child at Ulshaw Bridge. He died at
Danby, still superior of the Residence, July 12, 1755, aged 61. Oct. 6, 1754,
is the last entry in the register by Fr. Oakley, and from about this date till
his death it is probable that he was unable to attend to the duties of the
mission. Until a resident successor was appointed, Fr. Wappeler in 1758,
the chapel was served from Richmond by —
Fr. Thomas Hunter, S.J., according to Fr. Laurenson {C.R.S. iv. 251),
succeeded Fr. Oakley at Danby, and served it from Richmond, which he was
forced to leave by the parson there for having christened a child. From
1763 to 1766 he was at York Bar, being appointed superior of the district in
the former year, and in the latter year he removed to Pontefract. Finally
he was sent to Ghent, where he died Jan. 30, 1773, aged 55. He was
followed by —
Fr. Richard Knight alias Thorold, S.J., who was also stationed at Rich-
mond. He was the only surviving son and heir of William Knight, of
Kingerby, co. Lincoln, Esq., by his second wife Lucy Jennings, and was
born at Kingerby, July 24 (O.S.) or Aug. 4 (N.S.), 1720. He entered the
Society in 1739, was appointed to Richmond June 9, 1743, and thence served
Danby with Fr. Hunter between Fr. Oakley's death in 1755 and the appoint-
ment of a resident chaplain in 1758. He was still at Richmond in 1761,
some time after which he was transferred to Lincoln. He was appointed
superior of the Lincolnshire District Dec. 3, 1765. Settling his estate at
Irnham, co. Lincoln, upon his only sister Lucy, the wife of Sir Thomas
Rookwood Gage, 5th Bart., of Hengreave Hall, co. Suffolk, he built a new
chapel at Lincoln, and also erected a chapel at Market Rasen, in 1782, in
place of the one at Kingerby, which he attended occasionally from Lincoln.
230 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
He died suddenly at Lincoln, Dec. 6, 1793 (O.S.), aged 73, eminent for his
sanctity.
Fr. Wilhelm Wappeler, S.J., born Jan. 22, 171 1, at Numan Sigmaringen,
in Westphalia, after serving in Maryland for several years, returned to
St. Omer's College, and was in 1748 sent to England. In 1754 he became
prefect at St. Omer's, and in 1758 was appointed resident chaplain at Danby
Hall. His last entry in the register is Sept. 2, 1764, after which he was
transferred to Liverpool for a short time. Subsequently he was sent to
Ghent, and finally to Bruges, where he died in Sept., says Dr. Oliver
{Collectanea S.J.), but according to the Laity's Directory on Oct. II, 1781,
aged 70.
Fr. Edward Boone, S.J., a native of Maryland, born Feb. 29, 1734, who
entered the Society in 1756, succeeded Fr. Wappeler at Danby in Sept. 1764,
and remained till his death, Aug. 23, 1785, aged 51. It has been asserted
that Fr. Boone did not at first reside at Danby, but lived at Grove House
after the removal of Mr. Phillips, and served Danby from thence until the
arrival of Mr. Postlethwaite. This is most improbable, as Grove House was
a secular mission, and there is no evidence in corroboration of the statement.
In 1773 tne congregation at Danby consisted of 45, and in 1781 of 80 com-
municants. After Fr. Boone's death, the Society having been suppressed,
the uhapel at Danby was served temporarily by — amongst others —
The Rev. George Witham, whose name appears in the registers under
date July 15, 1787. At the time he was chaplain at Carlton Hall, the seat of
the Stapletons. He was the eldest son of Thomas Witham, Esq., M.D., of
Old Elvet, Durham, and his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heiress
of George Meynell, of Aldborough and Dalton, co. York, Esq. He was born
Aug. 9, 1750, and was sent to Douay College in 1763, but left in his third
year's divinity on Sept. 9, 1774, to teach at St. Omer's College, then under
secular rule, and was ordained priest. In July, 1 781, he succeeded the last
Jesuit chaplain, Fr. William Allan, at Carlton Hall, where he appears to have
remained till 1791. He then became chaplain to the 14th Earl of Shrews-
bury, and afterwards to the Countess, at Lacock Abbey, co. Wilts. It was
there that he printed at his own private press in the abbey The History of
Lacock Abbey, or Locus Beatce Maria ', 1806, 4to, pp. 53. After the death of
the Countess, Aug. II, 1809, aged 85, Mr. Witham retired to Durham, where
he died in his house in Old Elvet, May 1, 1829, aged 79. In the same year
that Mr. Witham appears in the registers the Benedictines accepted the
charge of the chaplaincy at Danby Hall, and appointed —
Dom John Dunstan Sharrock, O.S.B.
He was born at Walton-le-dale, co. Lancaster, in 1754, being a member
of an old Benedictine family, was professed at Dieulward, and came to the
mission at Danby in 1787. In the following year, 1788, died the squire,
Simon Scrope. His wife, Anne Clementina, was the daughter and co-heiress
of George Meynell, of Aldborough and Dalton, Esq., and hence she was
aunt to the Rev. George Witham previously mentioned. It was decided to
erect an independent chapel at Ulshaw Bridge, Danby-on-Yore, and a small
plain building was opened in that year, 1788, chiefly through the munificence
of the Scropes. It was apparently served by the priests attending the
domestic chapel in the hall, and its subsequent history will be treated here-
after. Fr. Sharrock remained at Danby till 1793, when he went to Hesleyside
until the following year, and thence was transferred to Long Horsley, where
he died May 7, 183 1. He was succeeded at Danby by —
Dom Thomas Austin Lawson, O.S.B.,born at York in 1768, who was son
of John Lawson, Esq., third son of Sir Henry Lawson, 3rd Bart., of Brough
Hall, co. York, and his wife Mary, eldest daughter of Sir John Shelley,
3rd Bart., of Michelgrove, co. Sussex. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas William Selby, of Biddleston Hall, co. Northumberland, Esq.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 231
He was professed at St. Gregory's, Douay, in 1779, and ordained priest in
1783. Coming to the mission, he was placed at Danby in 1793, ms first
signature in the registers being dated March 4 of that year. He only
remained until the following year, his last entry in the register being under
date Feb. 4, though he is said to have left in May, 1794. He was then
transferred to Richmond. In 1803 he was called from Richmond to teach
at St. Gregory's College, then at Acton Burnell, co. Salop, but disliking the
occupation he returned to Richmond three months later. Thus he remained
at Richmond till his appointment in 18 14 as prior of St. Gregory's, which
removed to Downside in that year, and continued in that office till 18 18. He
then served Kilvington, 1818-22, after which he became vicar to the Bene-
dictine nuns at Salford Hall till his death, April 23, 1830, aged 62. He held
the titular dignity of prior of Gloucester from 18 18. Meanwhile a French
e'migrd priest appears to have settled in the locality as early as 1790, and to
have assisted the Benedictines in serving the two chapels at Danby and
Ulshaw Bridge, presuming the editor of the registers is correct in ascribing
entries in the registers to his hand. His name was —
Pere Delalonde. Fr. John Laurenson, S.J., in his notes of chaplaincies
in the north during the 18th century {C.R.S. iv. 252), says that this very
respectable e'migrd next supplied Danby, and " made great improvements in
the grounds, was ingenious in patch-work, &c, very steady in his clerical
duties, and after staying 4 or 5 years returned in 179- to France, where he
obtained a curacy at Dieppe ; his departure was much regretted." The last
entry in the registers by Pere Delalonde was on Jan. 16, 1801, and the next
entry, eleven months later, by Pere Dupont.
It has been said {Merry England, No. 64, p. 260), questionably the
writer thinks, that Pere C. Devienne, cure* de Freulleville, proche Dieppe en
France, assisted his friend Pere Delalonde at Danby. It was this good
priest who returned the Danby registers of deaths, Book V (V), in 1819 after
the death of Pere Duboscq in Oct. 18 18, who would appear to have taken
them with him to Freulleville. Devienne succeeded him there, and was
76 years of age in 1819.
Pere J. I. Dupont, late vicaire d'Ecalles, du diocese de Rouen (Plasse,
Le Clerge Francais, ii. 408). His last entry is March 5, 1802, and his
successor was —
Fr. John Laurence Eccles, O.S.F., a Lancashire man, who came from
the Franciscan residence at Osmotherley, in Yorkshire, in 1802, his first
entry in the registers being on June 13. He left in 1804 to make room for
the Rev. Dominic Joseph Maini, and returned to Osmotherley, whence after
a short time he went to Sizergh Castle, co. Westmoreland, the seat of the
Stricklands, where he died a jubilarian in the Order, " remarkable for his
humility and piety," says Fr. Laurenson {C.R.S. iv. 252), March 15, 1810.
An imperfect memoir of him appears in Fr. Francis Thaddeus Hermans'
Franciscans in England, p. 227.
Rev. Dominic Joseph Maini came from Crathorne, where he had gone
in 1798, his first entry in the registers being on Jan. 9, 1804. Fr. Laurenson
says that he " grew melancholy and dissatisfied in less than a year," and
his last register seems to be that at Ulshaw Bridge, Aug. 21, 1805. Dominic
Maini, who subsequently was known by the Christian name of Joseph only,
was sent to Sedgley Park School, in Staffordshire, in 1784, and after he had
been ordained priest at Ushaw was placed at Crathorne in 1798, whence he
came to take charge of the Ulshaw Bridge and Danby Hall mission in 1804,
and took up his residence at Jolly Pot. From here he removed in 1805 to
Formby, in Lancashire, whence in 1834 he was transferred to Yealand in
the same county, and remained there till 1 846. He then served St. Anthony's,
Liverpool, until shortly before his death in 1854. His temporary successor
at Ulshaw Bridge was —
232 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
Pere J. B. Jolly, who signs the registers for the first time May 18, 1806.
This is the last entry in the Danby registers, and henceforward all Danby
baptisms are entered in the West Witton registers. It has been said that
Ulshaw Bridge chapel was closed in this year, and that the Danby mission
was united with the one at West Witton, a small chapel dedicated to
St. Bartholomew, opened in this year by the Rev. Richard Billington, of
Grove House, Leyburn, who continued rector until his death at Grove
House in 1830. Nevertheless, it is certain that the domestic chapel at
Danby Hall was more or less served from West Witton until 1832, when
the Scrope family ceased to live at the hall for twenty-five years. Pere
J. B. Jolly continues to make occasional entries in the registers until May
18, 181 1. He finally returned to France, where he died, chanoine regulier
de Ste. Genevieve, and cure- du diocese de Rennes, Sept. 27, 1828, aged 86.
Meanwhile the names of the two following priests temporarily serving the
mission are found in the registers —
Rev. Michael Wharton, on April 15, 1807, when probably he was staying
at Danby Hall. He was born in 1733, near Kirby Stephen, co. Westmore-
land, and was descended from the Whartons, of Wharton and Kirkby Thore
in that county, and also of Yorkshire, one of whom, Sir Michael Wharton,
of Beverley, Knt., was living in 1724. They were also connections of the
Scropes, through the marriage of Simon Scrope, of Danby, who died in
1691, with Mary, daughter of Michael Wharton, of Beverley, Esq. He was
ordained priest at the English College at Lisbon, Dec. 20, 1760, and left for
England on July 18, 1761. He became chaplain at Leighton Hall, Lanca-
shire, whence in 1 782 he removed the mission to Yealand, where the lord of
the manor, Richard Thomas Gillow, of Leighton Hall, subsequently erected
a church. There he died Dec. 10, 1809, aged 76, rural dean of the hundred
of Lonsdale.
Fr. Peter Philip Potier, O.P., chaplain to the Meynells at The Friary,
Yarm {vide memoir Gillow, Biog. Diet. Eng. Caths. v. 348). He likewise
was probably visiting at Danby Hall when his entry was made in the registers
on Oct. 18, 1809.
Pere J. Duboscq, a French Emigre, who returned to France, became
cure of Our Lady of Freulleville, near Dieppe, and died suddenly at Paris in
Oct. 18 1 8, was evidently serving one of the chapels at West Witton or
Danby, as shown by his entries in the register on Feb. 17 and Nov. 3, 18 16,
and May 8, 1817. After this the mission appears to have been entirely
served by Mr. Billington from Grove House till his death in 1830, and then
by his successor —
The Rev. Thomas Middlehurst, who at first resided at Grove House and
thence attended to the chapel at West Witton. In 1835 the latter was
formed into a separate mission, and Mr. Middlehurst removed thither,
Mr. Parker being appointed to take charge of the new chapel and presbytery
erected in Leyburn and opened in that year. In 1839 Mr. Middlehurst was
transferred to Pleasington Priory, in Lancashire, but returned to West
Witton in the same year, and remained in charge till 1844, when West
Witton ceased to be a separate mission and was re-united with Leyburn.
Mr. Middlehurst then went to Kippax Park, Yorkshire, and remained there
till 1848. After a rest from missionary duty he was appointed to Malton,
1850-7, then removed to Egton Bridge, but returned to Malton in the same
year, and remained there till his death, July 12, 1880, aged 78.
In 1868 the late Mr. Joseph A. Hansom was engaged to transform and
make certain additions to the old chapel at Ulshaw Bridge, dedicated
to SS. Simon and Jude — no doubt suggested by Simon, the favourite family
name of the Scropes — which was opened on June 10th of that year, and has
since formed a separate mission. The list of incumbents is as follows : —
Rev. Robert Gibson, 1868 till shortly before his death, May 25, 1882.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 233
Rev. John O'Donnell, 1881-2.
Rev. John Leadbetter, 1882-5.
Rev. David J. Smith, 1885-9.
Rev. William Kirkham, 1889-97.
Rev. John Murphy, 1 897-1 906.
Rev. John J. McCabe, 1906-7.
Rev. Geoffrey Cremer, 1907 to date.
Leyburn.
The Rev. John Huddleston, before his admission into the Benedictine
Order under the religious name of Dionysius, as already related, is tradition-
ally said to have served Grove House, but whether this be so, or that he was
the chaplain at Danby Hall, and thence served Leyburn, is now impossible
to say. There is no indication of his serving here in the obituaries he noted
in his Missal, now in the writer's possession, though from some of the anni-
versaries it might be inferred that he had Yorkshire associations {C.R.S.
i. 123). The earliest evidence of a priest at Grove House refers to —
Rev. Henry Maire, of the ancient family seated at Hartbushes, co.
Durham. His father was Christopher Maire, Esq., a Catholic non-juror in
1 717, and his mother, Frances Ingleby, was of the old Catholic family of
that name seated at Lawkland Hall, co. York. He was born May 19, 1714
(s.v.), and was sent to Douay College, where he was ordained priest May 29,
and left the college for the English mission on Aug. 25, 1738. He was
appointed chaplain to Francis Thornburgh, Esq., of Grove House, Leyburn,
but after about three years, in or before 1741, left to assist the Rev. James
Skelton at Raventofts. Subsequently he served Nidd Hall, the seat of
Francis Trappes-Byrnand, Esq., and thence he went to Cliffe-on-Tees, the
seat of the Withams, where he succeeded the Rev. Nicholas Clavering in
1768, and died there, suddenly, on Nov. 5, 1775, aged 61. Possibly there
was a vacancy for some little time at Grove House, during which the mission
would be served from Danby. Anyhow the next chaplain on record was —
Rev. Peter Phillips alias Purshall, who was ordained priest at the English
College at Rome, though his name (like many others) is omitted from the
Diary published by Bro. Foley. He came to Grove House from Egton
Bridge in 1743, and probably left in 1757 for Ugthorpe, where he died Nov.
23, 1 761. During his time, the Rev. William Thornburgh, D.D., president
of Douay College, came over on a visit to his brother Francis, and died at
Grove House, March 4, 1750. He was succeeded by —
Rev. John Postlethwaite, born Aug. 20, 1727 (N.S.), son of Richard
Postlethwaite and his wife Anne Newsham, of Westby, co. Lancaster, be-
came an alumnus at Douay College in logic, Dec. 28, 1748, who was ordained
priest in 1752 or 1753, left the college for the English mission on July
23» 1755, and so far as can be ascertained came to Grove House when
Mr. Phillips left for Ugthorpe. It was probably after the death of Mr.
Thornburgh, in 1774, that he removed to Hill Top in Leyburn, where he
erected the sun-dial which was still there when Mr. Barker wrote in 1854.
There he died Jan. 5, 1785, aged 57, being attended in his last illness by
Fr. Boone of Danby. After this Leyburn seems to have been served by
temporary priests, and the registers do not enlighten us as to their names
until an entry dated June 9, 1793, by —
Rev. Richard Billington. He was son of Thomas Billington, of an
ancient Catholic family of yeomen long seated at Bartell, in Woodplumpton
in the Fylde, co. Lancaster, and his wife Mary Rigby. He was born in
March 1757, and was sent to Sedgley Park School, whence he proceeded to
Douay on the Rev. Richard Kendal's fund, now at Ushaw, and was admitted
into the college on Nov. 13, 1772. He became an alumnus on June 24, 1779,
received the subdiaconate in 1783, the diaconate in the following year, and
234 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
was appointed to teach syntax on Oct. i, 1784, but, after being ordained
priest, left the college for the mission on April n, 1775. He was stationed
in the north, and from Jan. to May 1793, is found supplying at Lartington
Hall after the death of the Rev. Edward Kitchen. In this year, on June 9,
1793, ne commenced the Leyburn registers, and took up his residence at
Grove House. From 1806 he also served the chapel at West Witton, his
earliest register there being dated Dec. 14 of that year. In 1819 John
Clifton, of Clifton, Westby, and Lytham, co. Lancaster, Esq., whose wife
was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Horsley Widdrington Riddell, Esq., of
Felton Park and Swinburne Castle, co. Northumberland, came to reside at
Grove House, and remained for twenty-two years. Mr. Billington continued
to live in the house till his death, when his remains were deposited in the
parish churchyard of West Witton, and a white marble tablet was subse-
quently erected on the north wall of the new Catholic chapel at Leyburn,
bearing the following inscription : " Sacred to the Memory of the Reverend
Richard Billington, during Thirty-seven years the beloved Pastor of the
Catholics of Wensleydale. He was simple in his manners, and faithful in
the discharge of his duties. He died on the 6th of October, 1830, aged 7^
R.I.P."
Rev. Thomas Middlehurst succeeded to the charge of the two chapels
at Leyburn and West Witton. He was son of John Middlehurst, of Parr,
co. Lancaster, and his wife Jane Clayton, and was born Sept. II, 1802. He
was admitted into the English College at Lisbon on Jan. 13, 1819, became
an alumnus April 1, 1823, and after ordination left for the English mission
July 6, 1824. He temporarily served at Callaly Castle, the seat of the
Claverings, in 1830, and then was appointed to Leyburn and West Witton
upon the death of Mr. Billington. In 1834 it was decided to supersede the
small chapel at Grove House, and the present edifice, with its adjacent
presbytery, was commenced. The new church, dedicated to SS. Peter and
Paul, was solemnly opened on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1835. The chapel was
spacious, but devoid of ornament, and was lighted by three pointed windows
on the south side, and a large one at the east end. Behind the altar was a
reredos of tasteful design and execution, painted by Mr. Edward Gell, a
promising young artist. It consisted of three compartments, the central one
representing Our Lady with her Divine Son, and SS. Peter and Paul depicted
on the side divisions, all the figures being life size. The whole was in the
mediaeval style, and painted on a gold ground with diapering and mottoes.
A handsome and finely tuned organ, built by Paxton of York, on the same
plan as that in York Minster, was purchased by subscription, and opened
Nov. 16, 1843. The sanctuary lamp was the gift of Charles Gregory Fairfax,
of Gilling Castle, Esq., in 1845. Simon Scrope, Esq., of Danby, is said to
have been the main subscriber to the cost of the building. Upon the opening
of the new church, Mr. Middlehurst withdrew to West Witton, as already
related, and he was succeeded at Leyburn by —
Rev. William Parker, whose first entry in the registers is dated Nov. 25,
1835. He was the younger brother of the Rev. Thomas Parker, of Stella,
and both brothers were educated and ordained at Ushaw College. In 1831
Mr. Parker was placed at Whitby, where he remained till his appointment
to Leyburn. In 1837 he was transferred to St. Patrick's, Liverpool, where
he remained till his death, a martyr to charity, April 30, 1847, aged 43. He
was the first of the many priests who died of typhus fever contracted during
the terrible epidemic of that year.
Rev. Richard Bolton succeeded in 1837. He was sent to Sedgley Park
School in 181 1, and thence proceeded to the English College at Lisbon,
where he was admitted Dec. 27, 1826, was ordained priest, left for the
mission July 30, 1837, and was appointed to succeed Mr. Parker in that
year. He remained till his death, Nov. 13, 1866, and was succeeded by —
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 235
Rev. Laurence McGonnell, 1867-70.
Rev. Thomas A. Loughran, 1870 till death, May 6, 1875.
Rev. Edward Pearson,*educated at Sedgley Park 1837-41, then at Ushaw,
whence he was ordained priest at York, Dec. 31, 1861, and appointed to
St. Marie's, Bradford, 1862-3; Doncaster, 1863-71; Pocklington, 1871-5 ;
succeeded Mr. McGonnell as above in 1875, elected canon of Middlesborough
in 1 88 1, remained at Leyburn till his retirement from missionary duty in
1893, and died at Sheffield, April 10, 1894.
Rev. William Maher, 1893-5.
Rev. Joseph Canon Dodds, 1895-1912.
Rev. Arthur William Philip Calvert, 1912.
Rev. Sydney Charles Francis Calvert, 191 2 to date. J. G.
Book I (VI).
[The body of the blank form of the certificate, filled in as shown by italics,
is transposed here from Book II (I). It refers to the whole series of five
books, and the Scrope registers which follow in this book.]
CERTIFICATE
2 YORK
The annexed or accompanying Bookj are the original Register
Book^ of Dandy, West Witton, and Leyburn which haz><? been kept for
the Roman Catholic ChapeU called St Bartholomeiv 6° St Peter's,
situate in [blank, the places being given above] in the County of York
founded about the year lyyi ; Danby dissolved 1806.
The Bookj sent ha^ been from time to time in the custody of the
Rev'"fs Oakley, Boone, Wappeller, Lawson, Postlewhate, Dupent, Bil-
lington, Middlehurst, Parker, Apos. Miss, for the time being, of the
Chapel; and are sent to the Commissioners from the immediate
custody of the Rev* Richard Bolton of Leyburn [St Peter's above]
Catholic Chapel Apostolic Missionary in the County of York who has
kept them since 1837, as Witness my handwriting. Signed the jisi day
of October 1840, Rev* R. Bolton.
THE SCROPE FAMILY REGISTERS
[These two pieces of paper were originally one sheet folded. It was
formerly in Book VI (IV), is in part illegible, and here given as accurately
as possible. It is marked " 2 York," the size being about iogx y§ inches.]
[1] Nomina Filiorum et Filiarum
Symonis Scroope
T.R de Danby Sup Yore.
Armigeri
Catharina: Baptizata fuitt die 130 decemb: 1663
Maria: Baptizata fuit die 23d0 Septem: 1665
Symon': Baptizatus fuit die 140 Novem: 1666
Joannes: Baptizatus die i8U0 Septem: 1668
Christopher[u]s. Baptizatus die 180 Aprilis 1670
Margarita: Baptizata die 270 Aprilis, 1672
Noia et Natalitia Filioru et Filiaru
Symonis junioris Scroope de Danby
Sup Yore Armigeri.
236 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
Maria Dorothea Scroop baptizata fuit die 29, nata die 28 Novem-
bris 1702
Francisca Scroope Nata Londini 7bris 6to i 705
Catherina Scroope Nata Lond: Aug: ye ioth — 1706
Edwardus Scroope Natus apud Thonock Aug: ye ioth i 709.*
Symon Scroope Natus Apud Thonock ad 4ta hora pomeriediana
March 21th i7o|
i7ii/i2 die vndeccimo [Feb over Jan]: mane inter horam 3tiam et 4ta
apud Danby Henricus Josephus [Scroope supra] Natus est et baptiz-
atus i4to ejusdem.
James Scroope born att Dandy [sic] Novembr ye 5tlx i 7 i 5 att Night
betwixt 8 & 9 of ye Clocke.
Nomina et natalitia Prolis Dni Simonis Scroofpe]
Armigeri De Danby ab Anno Dni 1754.
Frances Scroope was Born at Danby super yure on the Sixth Day
of October, It being Sunday, twenty Minutes before four a Clock in
(Turn over)
[2J the Morning, & She was Baptised a little before ten a Clock the
Same morning In the year 1754. by me F. Oakley
NB. In the new Missal She is Say'd to have been born the quarter
before four, whereas it was twenty Minutes.
Vivat et Oret pro me. Dead, Turn back.
[3] i 68 1/2 Jan: 29 intra horam 4tam et 5 tarn
Quievit in Do: Domina Brigitta Scroope
aetatis suae 75
Requiescat in pace.
i69i December ye 22th
Symon Scroope Esqr changed this liffe for a better
Anno aetatis suae 79 Requiescat in pace.
1723 [? March ye isfc xd out] February ye 28th
Symon Scroop Esqr chang'd this Life for a better an: aetatis suae 57.
Requiescat in pace.
1720 October ye 17th
Edward Scroope departed this Life aetatis suae 13. Requiescat
in pace.
[1732/3J. ye 10 James] Scroope departed this life aetatis
suae 1 2 Requiescat in pace, t
Frances Scroop chang'd this life for a better ye 10 of September
anno 1733 aetatis [?]6. Requiescat in pace.f
1754. the 7th of November about three in the morning, Died
Frances Scroope, aged one month, & one day. Oret pro me.
See the new Missal.
[Following crossed out] the 1 7th Septbr died Mary Strickland of
Richmond. R.I.P. T. R.
* Thonock, near Gainsborough.
f These entries were very difficult to decipher when I copied them ; but since
the paper was mounted they are illegible.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 237
Book II (I).
DANBY REGISTERS.
[Inside binding] ^Eternae sit honos Triadi, sit gloria Sanctis.
This Register Mr Boone bought 1771, & set down what Mr Oakley
[SJ. in a later hand] did concerning his Mission at Danby from 1742
to 1758, & from 1758 what Mr Wappeller [S.J. above] did in his
mission at Danby to 1764, when Mr Boone SJ. began the Mission at
Danby, the Seat [of] Simon Scroope Esqr. His utere mecum.
[Page 1] T.R. 1742
The Register of Christenings, Marriages &c at Danby by F. Frank
Oakley SJ.
April 8. I Christened at the Bridge Elisabeth Topham, born at
Middleham.
April 9. I administered Margaret NN. Millars wife of the Parish
of Thornton, she died.
April 28. I administered Charles Robinson of Wensley, recovered.
May 2d. I administered Frank Stabler at East Witton, he dyed.
Sepbr 9. I baptized Charles Ward, Son of NN. Ward of Wensley
Decbr 15. I received into the Church Marga[rate Xd out, rite
above] Stabler of Thornton Wife of Will: Stabler.
Decbr 19. I administered Christ: Medcaff of Hutton Hang at
Layburn.
Decbr 19. I baptized Elisabeth, child of NN. Stabler at Layburn.
[2] 1743
January 8. I baptized Ann child of William & Margarite Stabler
of Thornton. Sponsors James Cook, Elis: Allen.
Aprill i°. I baptized at Layburn Joseph Son of NN. Ray; he
dyed Apr. 2d.
April 25. I administred Mary More of East Witton, she recovered.
Nov: 15. I christened at Danby a Scotchman beggar with one
Legg, his son Claud.
Sepbr 30 I administerd old Mr Tho: Heddon at Bedall. He
dyed Oct. 4.
1744
February 6. I administred [to above] Margaret More at E. Witton
the Viacticu', she the 1 5 without the holy Oiles, I was sent for too late.
August 5. I baptized at W. Witton Mary Daughter of Thomas
Furnace. Sponsors Tho: Denison of W. Witton & Mary Allen of
Thornton.
August 22. I administered the Viaticu' to Will: Slie at E. Witton,
he dyed [3] Sepbr 3d without the holy Oyles, I not being called in time.
Dec. 7. I baptized at Thornton Barbara, B. Child of Mary
Natteress. The Father young Christ: Hall. I stood God-Father,
Molly Fletcher was God- Mother. The Child was born 27 of Nov. &
dyed in 1 746.
1745
Jan: 12. I baptized at Ulshaw-Bridge James Son of Will: Topham
& Lucy his Wife of Middleham. Sponsors John Pease senr & Elis:
Allen Junr for which I hardly escaped [banishment xd out].
238 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
Decbr 19. I baptized at the Bridge Jane, Daughter of Will:
Stabler of Hornby. Sponsors Henry Horner, Molly Allen.
1747
Octbr 13 I married at Ulshaw bridge James Cook & Elis: Allen.
1749
May . . I helped Mary Winn at Thornton, she dyed 4 days after.
May . I baptized Edward, Son of Tho: Petch &c at E. Witton.
W 1753
August 28. I baptized at Bellerby William, Son of John Nether-
dell & NN his wife (a Protes:). Sponsors Peter Blenkin* & N.
Robinson.
1754
May 29. I baptized at Thornton-Steward James, the Son of
George Courtley & his Wife Jane. Sponsors James Cook & Ann
Furnise.
Sepbr 10. I baptised at Layburn Jane Daughter of Tho: Denison.
Sponsors Frank Danby & Ann Withom.
Sepbr 15. I baptised at Danby Jane the Daughter of George
Colbeck & Jane his Wife. Sponsors George Courtley & Elis: Cook.
Octbr 6. I baptized at Danby Frances Daughter of Simon Scroope
Esqr & his Lady Ann Clementina. Sponsors William Sheldon, Senr,
Esqr & M18 Tempest. See the new Missal at Danby in the beginning.
Hue usq. P. Oakley.
[5] {Page ■ in Book inl
The same continued by F. W. Wappeller, S.J.
175M
April 2d. Baptized Mary, Daughter of John Pease, Junr & Dorothy
his wife. Sponsors James Cook & Frances Horner ; the child was born
the same day.
June 23d. Baptized Jane, born 13 of June, Daughter of Jane
Metcalf. Sponsors William M'Arther \ & Mary Pease.
May 10. received into the Church Eleonore Corbeck of Ellin-
string^
Sep. 6. Administered the last Scmts || to NN. Dent at Layburn.^F
He died 7. ditto.
Sept. 12. Baptized at Layburn Mary Daughter of Will: Allen
Junr. & Mary his Wife. Sponsors Will: Allen Sen1* & Mr3 Thomburgh :
the child was born the same day.
{2} Oct 31. Baptized at Layburn Henry Son of Michael & Mar-
garet Lawson. Sponsors John & Elisabeth Blenkinsop : the child
was born 25 of octbr.
* Doubtless Blenkinsop.
f No. Ill book seems to be the original of the following, as far as 16 July 1771,
differences being shown in footnotes. The pages of Book III are given in small
brackets. From what Mr. Gillow says above about Fr. Thomas Hunter, it is
possible that the Registers relating to Danby Hall from 1754 to 1758 may be mixed
with those of Richmond. The latter commence in 1748, and we propose to print
them later.
% " MacArthur" in Book III.
§ " A widow at Ellington " in Book III.
H Viaticum is generally used in Book III. Sometimes Holy Oils added.
\ Properly spelt '* Leyburn" in Book III ; also later.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 239
[6] December 29. Baptized at Danby, Simon Thomas, born the
same day, son of Simon Scroope Esqr & his Lady Ann Clementina.
Sponsors Henry Scroope, Esqr & M™ Margaret Strickland of Sizergh.
1759
February 18. Died at East Witton* Hanna Coates, she had the
Viaticu', was buried the 20.
March 26. Old Mra Ingram died at Middleham unexpectedly,
I was not called.
May 29. John Stavely died at East Witton, he had the last
Scmts & was buried the 31st.
May 29. Died at Lay burn Christopher Barker, I administered to
him the Ext: Unction, he died of an apoplexy.
{3} In July. I administered the Viaticu and H. Oils to M™
Brotherton at Layburn, she died some days after.
[7] 1760
January 7. William Hornby died at Middleham. He had the
last Scmts: he was received into the Church some time before by
Mr Siddal at Yarm.
In April, received into the Church N.N. Hunter of Sedburt
in the W. riding, he was instructed by Mr William Strickland at
Sizergh.
June 29. Assisted at the Marriage \ of George Ascough § a Pro-
testant & Frances Coates a Catholic of East Witton. || Witnesses
James & Elisabeth Cook at the Bridge.
Sept 2i. Baptized Thomas son of John Pease II & his Wife
Dorothy, he was born the 13 at a great distance from Danby.
Sponsors George Courtley & Frances Asc©ugh.§
In Novbr. received into the Church Dorothy Thomson born near
Borrowbridge.
[8] {4} 1761
June 12. received into the Church Elisabeth Thakerer.**
July 8. Administered the last Scmts to Mre Grace Bell at Wens-
law, tt she died 21 ditto.
July n. Administered the last Scmts to M™ Lucy Topham at
Middleham, she recovered.
August 10. Baptized at E. Witton John son of George & Fanny
Ascough. § Godmother Mrs Coates : he died some days after.
August 17. Assisted at the marriage of William M' Arthur}}: &
Elisabeth Hixon,§§ witnesses Thomas Hill & Mary Chapellow.||||
* Withon in Book III.
+ Sedbergh. Sedbur in Book III.
% Some caution was necessary ; but there can be no doubt of this being a Catholic
marriage ceremony before Fr. Boone, and that he blessed the marriage.
§ Ascoat in Book III.
H East Withon in Book III.
If John Pease, Jun., in Book III.
** Taker in Book III.
ft Wensley \nB00V III.
£t MacArthur in Book III.
§§ Hixson in Book III.
t||| Chappelow in Book III.
240 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
1762
January 8. received into the Church John Nelson of Richmond.
[9] January 24. Died at Danby Francis Pinchback, he had the
H. Oils, but not the Viaticu' on account of his illness, he was buried at
Thornton.
Feb 2. Assisted at the marriage of William Topham Junr {5}
& Jane NN. a Prot. Witnesses Will & Elisabeth M'Arthur* &
Elis. Cook
March 16. Died at Middleham Elisabeth Atkinson aged 78, she
had the Viaticu & was buried 18.
April 25. Baptized Jane Daughter of John t & Dorothy Pease,
sponsors John Topham & Frances Horner.
May 31. Administered the last Scmts to William Errington, he
died the 7 of June & was buried at E. Witton.J
August 1 8. Assisted at the Marriage of Ralph Standish Esqr &
Miss Henrietta Strickland. Witnesses Mr & M™ Scroope, Mr & Mrs
Strickland § &c
[10] In Novbr. received into the Church William Topham Senr of
Middleham.
December 23. Administered the last Scmts to old mother
Courtley at Constable Burton ||, she died the next day &: was
buried at Fingel. ||
{6} 1763 .
March 25. Baptized James, born 21, Son of William & Jane
Topham. Sponsors John Topham & Elis. Cook.
June 6. received into the Church & administered the last Scmts to
John Grey at Richmond, he died the 9th following.
July 20. Baptized John, born the same day, son of Will: & Elisa-
beth M'Arthur. Sponsors Michael Errington & MrB Scroope.
August 7. received into the Church Elisabeth Muncaster.
Octbr 18. received into the Church Mark Scot, Tenant of Mr
Scroope.
[11] {7} 1764
Feb: 11th. Baptized at HarnbylT Jane Daughter of Elisabeth
Thakerer,** born the 23d of January, Godmother Elisabeth
Thakerer ** the childs grandmother.
February 10. John Sanders, Mr Scroope's Groom was drowned
in the River Yore ft, the Corps was found some weeks after & buried
at Thornton.
April 7. Baptjzed Dorothy, born 6, Daughter of John } } & Dorothy
Pease. Sponsors John §§ & Mary Pease.
* Mac Arthur in Book III.
t John Pease, Junr, in Book III.
X Withon in Book III.
§ MTS Strickland, Mr Strickland in Book III.
H In the parish of Fingall, N. Riding ; not the place in the parish of Swine,
E. Riding.
IT Hornby.
** Taker m Book III.
ff Youre in Book III. The spellings are various as Ure, Eure.
XX- John pease Jun in Book III.
§§ John pease sen. in Book III.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 24 1
August 8. received into the Church Rachel Hill, wife to Gerry Hill
at Middleham.
August 27. Administered the Last Scmts to Edward Stavely at
E. Witton.*
Septmbr 2. Baptized Dorothy, born 31 August, Daughter of Gerry
& Rachel Hill. Sponsors Thomas Hill & his Sister Dorothy at
Richmond. Huiusq' P. Wappeller.
[12] {8 in Book III}.
The same contued by F. Edwd Boone, [at Danby t] S.J. 1764.
Nov. 22. Edwd Stavely died at E. Witton, he had the Scmts
from Mr Wappeller.
Nov. 26. Elis. Cook at the Bridge had the last Scmts. She
recovered.
1765
June 2d. I administered the Viaticu' to John Pease senr the 3d the
H. Oils, he died & was buried that day.
July 31. I assisted at the Marriage of John Topham & Molly
Gibson, witnesses John Pease, Bella Connyers & Elis. Rakestraw.
August 26. I administered the last Scmts to Mary Gargrave at
Fingle J, she died the 28, & was buried next day.
Sepbr 6. I administered the last Scmts to old Mr Kirton at Gunner-
side in the Dales, he recovered.
[13] Sepbr 28. I administered the last Scmts to old Chappellow
at Layburn, he recovered.
Nov. 29. Will: Topham senior died suddenly at Middleham, no
help, I not called.
{9} December 8. I baptized at Hutton-Hangue § John, born the
6, son of John & Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Michael Errington &
Elisabeth Topham. E. B.
1766
Febr. 3d. I administered the Viaticu' to old Nelly Mud at mel-
berby, the 5 the H. Oils, she recovered.
March 25. I baptized at Danby || Thomas, born the 21, son of
Gerry & Rachel Hill of Middleham ||, Sponsors Thomas Mallem &
Nelly Jefferson, the child died. E. B.
April 22. I baptized at Danby Clementina, Elisabeth, Frances,
[14] born the same day, daughter of Simon Scroope Esq1' & his Lady
Annll Clementina. Sponsors William Constable of Burton Esqr &
Lady Brown. E. B.
{10} April 25. Baptized at E. Witton Thomas, born the 24, son of
George Ascough a Protestant, & his wife Frances a Catholic. Old
Mrs Coates was God-mother. It died.
May 18. Baptized at Danby Mary, born the 17, Daughter & John
* Withon in Book III.
f The words at Danby omitted in Book III may point to a change of address as
well as priest.
X Finghall.
§ Hutton-Hang rightly in Book III.
II In Book III at Danby is interlined, and of Middleham is omitted.
1 In Book III Ann is interlined above, Elizabeth crossed out.
XIII. Q
242 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
& Mary * Topham. Sponsors Master Scroope t & Miss Witham of
Durham. E. B.
August 13. I administered the last Scmts to Mary Millar in the
Dales, she recovered.
Nov. 11. I assisted at the marriage by Proxy of Nicholas White
Esqr X of Orotava in Teneriffe & Miss Barbara Strickland of [15]
Richmond; Simon Scroope Esqr. stood proxy. Witnesses William
& Ralph Sheldon Esqrs MrB & Miss Fany Scroope, Mr, M™ & Miss
Strickland.§
1767
March 18. I administered the last Scmts to James Cook at the
Bridge, he recovered.
March 20. I baptized at Richmond Mary, six weeks old, daughter
of William & Ann Branson. Sponsors Thomas Plumber & Ann
Hood. E. B.
May 19. I baptized at Danby Mary, born the 13, daughter of
Ralph & Birgit Siddell || of Masham. Sponsors Master Scroope U
& Mrs Thornburgh of Layburn.
June 28. Baptized at Danby Ann, born the 26, Daughter of John
& Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Thomas Mallem & Nelly Mudd. She
died.
[16] {12} 1768
January 22. I administered the H. Oils to Harry Horner at
Middleham, he died that same night & was buried the next day.
January 23. Michael Errington foolishly married a Protestant.**
January 30. I baptized at Danby Thomas born the 27, son of
Gerry & Rachel Hill. Sponsors Thomas Hill & Nelly Mudd. ft
E.B.JI
February 20. James Cook at the Bridge died suddenly, I was
sent for, but not in good time, he was buried the 22d.
March 2d. Mr Howard of Richmond baptized at the Bridge Eliza-
beth & Lucy Topham born the 19 of February, twin children of Will
& Elisabeth Topham. Sponsors to Elisabeth, William Sturdy &
Molly Topham. To Lucy, James & Elisabeth Topham. Lucy died
1770. January 27, 1769, the 2 children were baptized at Church.
O tempora, O Parson, §§ O Shame.
* Molly in Book III.
t Simon Scroope Junior Esqr in Book III.
% In Book III it reads living in ye Canary Islands.
§ In Book III this reads: " Witnesses, William Sheldon, Ralph Sheldon, Esqrs,
R* Strickland, Mra Scrope, Mra Strickland, Miss Scrope, {11} & Miss {paper cut] &
plenty."
H Siddle in Book III.
IF In Book III Simon Scroope Junr Esqr-
** In Book III at the end of the previous entry there has been inserted only —
2 j Mic. Errington married.
tt Mud in Book III.
Xt Initials in different hand and ink.
§§ Book III reads : M Mr Howard of Richmond supplied on account of 2 trouble-
some neighbours. I hope we shall hear no more about it. The children were
afterwards Baptized at Church. O tempora. O Parson." Mr. Gillow says this is the
Rev. Francis Holme alias Howard, S.J.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 243
[17] {13} August 16. Married at Layburn, William Sturdy to
Susan Withom.
Octobr 28. Baptized at Danby William, born 26, Son of John &
Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Thomas Hill & Jane Courtley. E. B.*
Nov. 6. Baptized at Danby Thomas born the 2d Son of Michael
& Isabella Errington. Sponsors Thomas Mallem & Jane Errington.
E. B.*
Nov. 20. I assisted at the marriage of Joseph Harker a Protestant
& Jane Errington a Catholic, witnesses William & Elisabeth M'Arthur,
at the Bridge. E. B. maxime invito, t Harker afterwards broke his
solemn promises about changing his religion, never will I again take a
Protestants word about religion.
December [3d xd out] 2d. I baptized at Danby, John born the i8t
Son of John & Mary Topham. Sponsors Joseph Gibson & Ann
Hixon. E. B.*
[18] {14} 1769
June 5. I administered the last Scmts to Rachel Hill at Middle-
ham, she recovered after a long illness.
June 25. I baptized \ at the Bridge, John, born the 24, Son of
Thomas & Dorothy Hixon. Sponsors Thomas Mallem & Nelly
Jefferson. E. B.§
Septmbr 2d. John Milburn died at Thornton || without the
Scmts by my fault, he was buried the next day.
October 19. Ralph Riddell Esqr was married to miss Molly
Thornburgh at Layburn.H
Nov. 17. I baptized at the Bridge, Mary Gertrude, born the 15,
daughter of William & Elisabeth M'Arthur. Sponsors Thomas
Malien** & Nelly Mudd. E. B.ft
1770
January 10. Jane Courtley died at Burton, \ \ I was never sent
for.
[19] January 14. I baptized at Middleham, Jane born 12,
Daughter of Gerry & Rachel Hill. Sponsors William Sturdy &
Dorothy Hixon. The child died i5-§§
{16} March 9. I administered the H. Oils, at Danby to
Elisabeth Aukland (Mra Tempest's Maid) ill in the small Pox, she
could not receive the Viaticu' on account of a cough, she died the 13
in great pain & convulsions.
April 17. I administered the H. Oils to Mary Mallem [at Danby
* Initials in different hand and ink.
t The entry in Book III stops at this point.
t The address at Ullshaw Bridge is omitted in Book III.
§ Initials in different hand and ink. In Book III at the bottom of page 13 is,
out of place and crossed out — " Ralf Riddell born July 18 [1772 crossed out], 1771."
|| Mr. Boone omits in Book III the omission of rites and his self-accusation.
IT Owing to this marriage with Mary, daughter of George Thornbrough, the
Leyburn estate passed into the family of Riddell of Cheeseburn Grange, as it still
remains.
** In Book III Mallem, which may be a corruption of Malham.
ft Initials in different hand and ink.
tt The note in Book III stops at this point.
§§ Gerard in Book III. The writer piously adds, " Oret pro me."
244 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
above] (the Steward's mother) she could not on account of her illness
receive the Viaticu', she died the 19.
May 29. I administered the last Scmts to Jane Courtley at
Thornton,* she died the 30.
June 26. I baptized at Middleham William, Francis, Paul born
the 26, son of William & Susan t Sturdy. [20] Sponsors Francis
Thomburgh esqr & Miss Molly Renoldson.J He died 1776, oret
pro me.
July 16. I baptized at Middleham, William, born the 15, Son of
John & Mary Topham. Sponsors John Pease & Elisabeth Topham.
E. B.§
{15} July 31. I assisted at the marriage of Robert Sturdy & Jane
Dunn at Danby. Witnesses Miss Fanny Scroope & Thomas Mallem,
Steward. E. B.§
August 8. I baptized at Middleham Christopher Richard, born
the 8, Son of Thomas & Dorothy Hixon. Sponsors William Sturdy &
Elisabeth Hixon. E. B.§
Aug 24. I baptized at Danby Joseph, born 21st, Son of John &
Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Joseph Hudson & Ann Hixon. E. B.§
1771
May 15. I baptized at Middleham Rachel, born the 14, Daughter
of Gerry || & Rachel Hill. Sponsors Robert & Susan Sturdy. She
died.lF
[Book III (II) of which the last two pages are in reversed order ends
here, Book II (I) resuming independently,]
[21] July 9. I baptized at Middleham Robert, born the 8th, son of
Robert & Jane Sturdy. Sponsors William Sturdy & Ann Dunn.
E. B.§
July 30. I administered the H. Oils to Thomas Hill (Coach-man
at Danby) he could not receive the Viaticum on account of his illness,
& on the ist of August the Viaticum, he being something better,
repeated the 3 of September, & he died the 10th.
1772
January 14. I administered the last Sacraments to Mrs Mary
Pease at Hutton-Hang. She died the 18. R. in P.
May 11th. I administered the last Sacraments to Dolly Hixon
at the Bridge. She died the 20th. R. in P.
June 19. I Baptized at Middleham, Margaret, born the 18,
Daughter of William & Susanna Sturdy. Sponsors Robert &
Dorothy Sturdy.
[22] July 25. I administered the Viaticum to old Mrs Coates at
East Witton. — recovered.
August 18. I administered Jerry Hill at Middleham, ill in a fever.
recovd
* In Book III correctly Thornton-Steward.
t Susannah in Book III.
X The part after this sign (J) is on the top of the page and may refer to the
previous entry, but is crossed out. The previous part is slightly scored out.
§ Initials in different hand and ink.
|| Gerard in Book III.
1T In Book III is added in March iff 2. Oret p m.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 245
1773
Jan. 14. I baptized at Hutton-Hang, Ann, born 12, daughter of
John & Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Michael Errington & Elizabeth
Horner. E. B.*
February 16. I baptized at Richmond Jane, about one month
old, Daughter of William & Ann Branson. Sponsors Thomas Key
& Ann [? Bane xd out, Bane above]. E. B.*
February 24. I baptized at Middleham Rosamund, born the 23
of February, Daughter of Robert & Jane Sturdy. Sponsors Phillip
Sturdy of Newsteadf & Miss Elizabeth Ashmell of Stockton.
May 2 2d. I administered the last Sacraments to Nelly Mudd of
Melberby J in Coverdale. She recover'd.
[23] 1774
March 22. I administered the Viaticu to Nelly Mudd of Melberby,
recov:
May 25. I administered the last Scmts to M18 Cook at the
Bridge. E. B.*
June 20. I baptized at Middleham Paul, born the same day, son
of William & Susan Sturdy. Sponsors John Duwicket in London
& Elizabeth Blenkinsop in Lay burn. E. B.*
July i8t. I administered the holy Oils to M1'8 Cook the 2d time.
July 8. Died at the Bridge-House M18 Cook. R. in P.
Sometime in August, I administred the last Scmts to Nelly Mudd
at Melberby in Coverdale, she had a long, very long illness.
Nov. 23. Nelly Mudd died at Melberby in Coverdale. R. in
Pace.
[24] 1775
May 30. I administer'd the Viaticu to Mark Scot at Spenithorn.
June 5. I administred the H. Oils to Mark Scot at Spenithorn.
June 11. Died at Spenithorn Mark Scot, aged 79. R. in P.
November 26. I administerd the last Sacraments to Mrs Horner
at Thornton Steward.
Decbr 3. Mrs Horner died at Thornton Steward. R. in P.
1776
August 10. Jane Mecalf § died suddenly at east Witton, as I had
no notice of her illness, she died without any help. R. in P.
August 12. I baptized at Hutton-Hang James, born the same
day, son of John & Dorothy Pease. Sponsors Michael Errington
& Dorothy Wodman. He died the 29 of Novbr following. Oret
pro me.
[25] September 21. I baptized at Middleham Ann, born the same
day, Daughter of William & Susana Sturdy. Sponsors Robert &
Jane Blenkinsop of Layburn. E. B.*
November 16. I baptized at Middleham Jane, born the 15,
Daughter of Robert & Jane Sturdy. Sponsors George Dunn of
Newcastle, & Mra Scroope of Danby. E. B.*
* Difterent hand and ink.
+ Newstead in East Witton parish.
X Melmerby.
§ Doubtless Metcalf(e) or Medcalf(e).
246 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
December 16. Died at East Witton sometime in Summer Eliza-
beth Jefferson, a Protestant, a Methodist, a Catholic, or it is to be
feared a nothing. She had often in her former days come to prayers
at Danby, but not for several years past ; [in xd out] during her illness
I never heard of her, nor that she ever asked or desired I should
visit her, & neither did I ever hear of her death till this day 16 of
December. E. Boone.
1777
March 31 Died [suddenly above] at the bridge John McArthur,
aged 13 in the 14th year of his age. R. [This entry is crossed out, as
out of place. See in right order.]
[26] 1776
December 29. I received into the Church Henry Brown a boy
about 17 years old. E. B.*
March 31. Died at the Bridge House [suddenly above] John
McArthur in the 14 year of his age. R. in P.
1778
February n. Betty Topham of the Bridge House without my
consent or knowledge maried a Protestant.
April ist. Died at Middleham old M™ Jefferson. I was not
informed of her illness, neither did I hear of her till after she was dead
& buried.
May 24. I administered the H. Oils to Mr Strickland at Danby
ill in a fever. He could not receive the Viaticu on account of his
medicines.
May 25. Died at Danby at 4 o'clock in the afternoon Robert
Strickland Esq1" aetatis 45. R. in Pace.
[27] October 17. I Baptized at Middleham Susanna, born the 15th,
Daughter of William & Susanna Sturdy ; Sponsors John & Elizabeth
Blenkensop of Layburn. She died January 24. 1779. Oret p. me.
October 21. I Baptized at Middleham William, born the 20th, son
of Robert & Jane Sturdy. Sponsors John Dunn of Newcastle & Mrs
Traps of Nidd. E. B.
December 2d. I Baptized at Danby William, born the same day,
Son of Raph & Elisabeth Marley of the Bridge-House. The Father
a Protestant, the Mother a Catholic. Sponsor James Kendray &
Molly Pease. E. B.
1779
May 17. The child of Rob* Sturdy aged 7 months died at
Middleham.
[28] August 24. Betty Pease foolishly married a Protestant.
September 7. I administered the holy Viaticu to Margaret Rennet
at Danby, aged 81. And on 12 the extreme Unction. E. B.
1780
April 5. Tho8 Pease foolishly married a Protestant Girl.
April 9. I baptized at Middleham John the son of Robert & Jane
Sturdy. Sponsors John & Mary Dunn. The child was born the 8.
E. B.
* Different hand and ink.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 247
May 7. I baptized at Danby John, born 16 April, Son of George
& Mary Siddell belonging to Beadale. Sponsors Thomas Foss &
Mary Robison. E. B.
June 14. Mary Pease foolishly married a Protestant.
[29] 1781
March 27. Mr Knatchbull* baptized Mary, born the 25, Daughter
of Ralf a Protestant & Mary Hops a Catholic. Sponsors Thomas
Douthwate & Elisabeth [Siddell xd out, Ridley above]. The child was
baptized at Danby. E. B.
April 11. I baptized at Danby John, born the 7th, son of Thomas
& Ann Pease. Sponsors John Pease snr & Eleanor Mudd. E. B.
1782
January 28. I baptized at Middleham William, born the same
day, son of Robert & Jane Sturdy. Sponsors Cuthbert Dunn &
Magaret Smith, both of Newcastle. E. B.
Febry i8t. I administered the Extreme unction to Fanny Horner
at Spenithorn. She was not able to receive the Viaticum on account
of her illness. She died the next morning. R. in P.
[30] May 30. I administered the holy Oils to Elisabeth M'Arthur
at the Bridge-house, she could not receive the Viaticum on account of
her illness. She died next morn May 31. R. in P. — E. B.
July 4. I administered the Viaticu to Magaret Rennet at Danby.
E. B.
November 7. I administered the holy Oils to Jane Coldbeck
at Ellinton. E. B.
Novbr 16. I administered the holy Viaticum to Jane Corbeck at
Ellinton. E. B.
Novbr 18. Died at Ellinton after very long illness Jane Cor-
beck. R.
1783
March 14. I received into the Church Edwd Harrison supposed
to be on his death-bed ; but he recovered after 8 months illness. E. B.
[31] June 24. I administered the Viatic' & H. Oils to M" Coates
at Witton. E. B.
June 28. Died at Witton Mrs Coates setatis 93. R. in P.
Augt 11. I baptized at Middleham Mary, born 10th, daughter
of William & Susan Sturdy. Sponsors Antony & Dolly Wodman.
E. B.
September 28. James Kirkly foolishly married a Protestant.
1784
January 3d. I baptized at Danby John, bom the 2d, son of Raph
& Elisabeth Marley of the Bridge house. Sponsors Michael Erring-
ton & Ann Charlton. E. B.
May 17. I assisted at yc marriage of James Kendray of Yarm &
Ann Charlton of Danby. Witnesses Mrs & Mr S. Scroope & all this
family & Thos Errington. E. B.
[32] In summer 78 & 82. I received into the Church Mary &
Catharine Blackburn. E. B.
June 6. I received into the Church Mary Kirkley of Thornton.
* The Rev. Robert Knatchbull, S.J.
248 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
July 27. I baptized at Middleham Elisabeth, born the 26, daughter
of William & Susan Sturdy. Sponsors Peter & Mary Blenkensop.
E. B.
August 5. I baptized at Danby Jane, born the 4, Daughter of
James & Mary Kirkley of Thornton. Sponsors Thos Davison &
Nelly Mudd. E. B.
Decbr 25. I administered the Viaticum & H. Oils to Mr Postle-
whate at Layburn. On the 5th of January he died.
1785
January 5. Died at Layburn Mr Postlewhate.* R. in P.
[33] January 17. I baptized at Danby William, born ye 13th, son
of Raph & Mary Hops. Sponsors Thomas Douthwhate & Dorothy
Pease. E. B.
Janry 19. I baptized at Danby Elisabeth, born ye 7th of the same
month, Daughter of Thos & Elisabeth Ward of Wenslay— E. B.—
Sponsors George & Elizabeth Bell.
February 7. I baptized at Mount Park Andrew, born ye 19 of
January, son of John & Isabella Bell, sponsors Andrew & Elisabeth
Bell. E. B.
February 14. I baptized at Layburn Henry, born ye 10 of the
same month, son of Jane Lawson &c. Sponsors Peter Blenkensop &
[Easter xd out, Esther above] Allan. E. B.
April 26. I received into the Church James Slingler, an old
Servant, supposed to be upon his death-bed. James Slinger died on the
12 of May. R. in P. Sine Scmntis
[34] July 17. Apostatized Elisabeth Pease.
1786 at Danby
January the 5th 1786, Baptized Simon the Son of [? So Corbe
xd out] & Marysh [?] Corbeck, born ye 19th of December 1785.
Spons™ John Peas & Mary Topham. N:B: Mary Topham stood for
Alice Corbeck the Grand Mother. [This entry is in a large hand,
quite different from the rest. The next, perhaps a post entry, is a third
writing.]
[1787]
March ye 9, 1787, was baptized at Danby Elizabeth Kirkley,
Daughter of James et Mary Kirkley. Sponsrs Thomas Douthwaite &
Dorothy Pease.
[35] 1787
July 15 at Danby was baptized Peter Hops [like Kops] son of
Ralph & Mary Hops. Sponsors Thomas Pease, Dorothy Wadman,
born June 29. 1787, by me G. Witham.
[The above entry is the only o?ie in the same hand. The two next
are quite different.]
[i797] . ju
Decmbr 1797. I married at Burg Wallis t John Byng" & Ann
Lawrence of Hampole in presence of Richard Thomson & his Wife.
* The Rev. John Postlethwaite.
t Burghwallis, seven miles from Doncaster. The seat of the Tasburgh and Anne
families.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840
249
[? 1798]
Jan17 23d. Baptized at Aberford,* Agnes ye Daughter natural of
Hellen Aspinal. Sponsors Peter Wray & ye Nurse t T. R.
[36] We certify that this is one of the Registers or records deposited
in the General Record Office pursuant to the Act of the 4th Victoria,
Cap. 92. John Bowring 1
Thos Rees ^Commr"
John Shoveller]
[Here folloiv 58 blank pages, and traces of 26 more torn out. The
remaining four as folloivs, are used from the reverse end, [Ri] &rc.\
fRil Lord Bishop Walton confirmed at Danby on Wednesday
May 26th 1773
DANBY CONGREGATION
Marck Scot . .
. Petrus.
Thomas Hill . .
Joannes.
Will" Jordan Barker
. Josephus.
Thomas Pease
Jacobus.
Simon Corbeck .
Joannes.
John Pease . .
Josephus.
John M'Arthur . .
Josephus.
William Pease . . .
Franciscus.
James Courteley .
Augustinus.
Joseph Pease . .
Augustinus.
Thomas Errington
Michael.
THE
GIRLS
Miss C. E. F. Scroope
Maria.
Ellis Coldbeck . .
Maria.
Elizabeth Glenton
Maria.
Mary Coldbeck .
Anna.
Dorothy Sturdy .
Margarita.
Jane Coldbeck
Elizabetha.
Mary M'Arthur .
Elizabetha.
Mary Pease. . .
Dorothea.
Ann Nelson . .
Maria.
Elizabeth Pease . .
Maria.
[R 2] Jane Metcalf
Elizabetha.
Dorothy Pease
Lucia.
Rachel Hill . .
Maria.
Jane Pease . . .
Elizabetha.
Dorothy Hill . .
Lucia.
Ann Pease . . .
Barbara.
BEDAL CONGREGATION
George Rikerby .
. Georgius.
Thomas Summers
. Thomas.
Hannah Lodge
. Maria
LEYBURN CONGREGATION
Richard Chapellow
. Joannes.
William Wetherill
. Gulielmus.
Factum Danby 2 6° Maij
ADui millessimo
septingentessimo Sponsore
septuagess
imo tertio
D.
E. Boone
[R 3] Lord Bishop Gibson
confirmed at Danby
on Tuesday
Oct. 30^ 1804
Thomas Hodgson
Franciscus
Catharine D. Scroope
Maria
John Hodgson . .
Joseph
Scholastica
John Sidgewick .
Thomas
Ann Scroope . .
Maria Teresa
Joseph Sidgewick
Augustinus
Frances Scroope . .
Maria Anna
James Kendray . .
Paul
Mary (Paul) Sturdy .
Maria
* Eight miles from Leeds.
t These are the initials of Thomas Rees, the commissioner, not a priest.
250
CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
Mary Sturdy . . . Anna
Rebecca Sidgewick . Maria
Mary Hodgson . . Anna
Margaret Hind . . Maria
Frances Hoggith . . Maria
Mary Rowland . . Ann
Elizabeth Kirkley. . Maria
Barbara Kendray . . Maria
Mary Kirkley . . . Anna
Ann Todd .... Maria
Eliz. Raper. . . . Maria
Alice Hill .... Maria
[R 4] Factum Danby
[o, gbris ^ Sponsore
entesmo quarto J J. Maini
A.D. Millessimo Octing
Book III (II).
[As explained in the introduction the contents are copied in Book II (I),
and are consequently not printed here. The two have been collated.]
Book IV {III).
[A. B blank] baptisms at danby.*
[C] The Register of Christenings at Danby upon Yure, Parish of
Thornton Steward in the County of Yorkshire ; Seat of Simon Thomas
Scroope Esq™.
Year of our Lord 1790.
(1) T. R. Year 1790. April. [In margin.]
On the seventeenth of April one thousand seven hundred and
ninety, was born at three a Clock in the Morning, and baptised at
Danby, on the Same Day, Simon Thomas, son of Simon Thomas and
Catherine Scroope. Sponsors Edward Meynell Esqre of Yarm, and
Anna Clementina Scroope.
1 79 1. October. [In margin.]
On the fourth of October one Thousand seven hundred and ninety
one was born at ten a Clock in the evening and immediately baptised
at Danby, Catherine Dorothea, Daughter of Simon Thomas and
Catherine Scroope, Sponsors Stephen Tempest of Broughton Esqre
and Dorothea Meynell of Yarm.
[ The two entries above seem in the same hand as the Rev. Delalonde's,
who writes the registers even when the Rev. Thomas Law son signs them.]
(2) Year 1793. March. [In margin.]
On the fourth of March one thousand, seven hundred and ninety
three, was baptised at Ley burn, by me under signed, John, born on the
first instant, son of George and anna Rowland t ; Sponsors John
Blankinson J, and Barbara Smithson. § Thomas Lawson.
On the fifteenth of march, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three, was baptised at Danby, by me under signed, John, born on the
tenth instant, son of John and isabella Bell ||, of West-Witten, Sponsors
henry umphrey and Elizabeth Bell. II Thomas Lawson.
On the Twelfth of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three, was born at half an hour past one in the afternoon, and (3) bap-
tised on the same day at Danby by me undersigned, Anna Clementina,
* Continued after 1806 at West Witton. f In Book V is added {olivi Raiper).
% Blankinsop in Book V. Query Blenkinsop.
§ The Register written by Rev. Delalonde ; but the signature by the Rev. Thomas
Austin Lawson, O.S.B., as in Book V.
|| In Book V is added {olim Umphrey). H Thomas omitted in Book V.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 2$ I
lghter of Simon Thomas,* and Catherine Scroope t, Sponsors
rd Thomas Meynell % of London and Clementina § Maxwell of
Dauj
Rev'
Kerconell in Scotland. * Th. Lawson.
year 1794. february [In margin.]
On the fourth of february, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety
four, was baptised at Thornton Steward, helena, born from yesterday
(by me undersigned) Daughter of james, and mary craven ; Sponsors
james Kirkley and anna Brown. || Thomas Lawson.
On the twenty seventh of July, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety four, was born and baptised at Danby, by me undersigned,
Thomas, son of Thomas and Alise hill, of Mildfdlejham, Sponsors
jeremia hill, and Dorothea Wadman. if Delalonde P8t.
(4) On the seventh of October, one thousand, seven hundred and
ninety four, was baptised at Danby, by me undersigned, Mary, born
from yesterday, Daughter of james and anna Kendray of East- Witten,
Sponsors Thomas Douthwaite of Danby and Clementina Elizabeth
Maxwell of Kerconnell in Scotland. Delalonde P8t
On the sixtenth of november, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety four was baptised at Thor[n]ton Steward, by me under-signed,
james, born on the thirteenth instant, son of james and mary Kirkley,
Sponsors John Buckle of West- Witten, and anna Allen of Leyburn.
Delalonde P8t.
On the twenty eighth of november, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety four, was born at five a (5) clock in the morning, and
baptised on the same day at Danby, by me undersigned, frances,
Daughter of Simon Thomas and Catherine Scroope, Sponsors
francis Witham of Gray's inn, London, and M18 Catherine Selbey of
Yarm. Delalonde P8t
year 1795. february. [In margin.']
On the thirteenth of february, one housand seven hundred and
ninety five, was baptised at Thorfn above]ton steward, by me under-
signed, james, born on the eleventh instant, son of james and mary
Craven. Sponsors William Mcarthur of Danby and mary Kirkley of
thorton-steward. Delalonde P.Sfc
On the twenty ninth of March, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety five, was born and baptised on the same day at Dantzie,** by me
undersigned, Mary, Daughter of Thomas and anna Douthwaite, (6)
Sponsors George Douthwaite of Brugh 1 1 hall, and Elizabeth Birdsall
of Oxton.J % Delalonde P8t
* Thomas omitted in Book V. f {olim Meynell) added in Book V.
X The Rev. Thomas Meynell, S.J. § Clementina Elizabeth M. in Book V.
|| The register written by Rev. Delalonde ; but the signature by the Rev. Thomas
Lawson as in Book V. The object seems the former's wish to keep baptisms
separate. So he transcribed Ft. Lawson's amongst deaths, and got him to sign four.
U The register and signature both in one hand, that of Rev. Delalonde.
H«# A farm-house, probably then occupied by Thomas Douthwaite, as steward to
the Scrope estates. See introduction.
f+ Now written Burgh, and pronounced Bruff. George Douthwaite, house
steward to Sir John Lawson, took the oath of allegiance, 13 Jan. 1791.
XX See following register. The Birdsalls appear in York Registers (C.fi.S. iv.),
and Liverpool {Ibid. ix.). Oxton may be in Woodchurch, Cheshire, now a suburb of
Birkenhead, — not the place in Tadcaster parish. Their son Robert Butler Birdsall
was drowned in the Mersey 29 Sept. 1816, aged 23.
252 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
year 1796. March. [In margin.']
On the Twenty first of March, one thousand seven hundred and
ninety six, was born and baptised at Dantzie, by me undersigned,
anna, Daughter of Thomas and anna Douthwaite, Sponsors Cottam
Birdsall of Oxton and Elizabeth Douthwaite of Brugh-hall.
Delalonde Psfc
On the fifth of June one thousand seven hundred and ninety six,
was born between three and four a Clock in the morning, and baptised
on the same day at Danby, by me undersigned, Edward Gervase, son
of Simon Thomas, and Catherine Scroope, Sponsors james Maxwell
Esquire of Kerconell in Scotland, and Anna Mary Meynell of yarm.
Delalonde P8t.
(7) On the twenty fifth of August, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety six, was baptised at thornton Steward, by me undersigned,
Mary, born on the twenty fourth, Daughter of james and Mary Craven,
Sponsors John hoguet of York, and frances Champeny of Danby.
Delalonde Pst.
On the twelfth of September one thousand seven hundred and
ninety six, was baptised at Thornton Steward, by me undersigned, Mary,
born on the tenth instant, Daughter of Mathew and anna Roantree,
Sponsors Laurence Bays and Mary [? Racjine * of Danby.
Delalonde P8fc.
1797 february. [In margin.]
On the first day of february one thousand seven hundred and
ninety seven, was baptised at Danby, by me undersigned, Marguerita,
(8) born on the thirty first ult°, Daughter of Charles and Martha
Moody of Mildham [Middleham], Sponsors George Moody and
Marguerita Moody of Richmond. Delalonde P8t.
On the twenty second of July one thousand seven hundred and
ninety seven, was baptised at Danby, by me undersigned, John, born
on the twenty first instant, son of Joseph and Dorothea Cuckfield of
hunton, Sponsors John Sedgwich and Rebecca Sedgwich of Burton.
Delalonde P8t.
On the seventh of august one thousand seven hundred and ninety
seven was born at Danby, twenty minutes past four a Clock (9) in the
morning, and baptised on the same day, by me undersigned, Mary
Barbara, daughter of Simon Thomas and Catherine Scroope, Sponsors
Thomas Meynell of Yarm and frances Scroope of Richmond.
Delalonde, P8t.
1798. January. [In margin.]
On the sixth of January one thousand seven hundred and ninety
eight was baptised at Danby by me undersigned, William, born on the
thirtieth of december Last, son of Thomas and Alise hill of Mildham
[Middleham], Sponsors Lawrence Bays and Dorothea hadley of Danby.
Delalonde P8t
(10) On the eighteenth of february one thousand seven hundred
and ninety eight were born and on the same day baptised at Dantzie,
by me undersigned, Thomas, and John William, sons of Thomas and
anna Douthwaite, Sponsors of Thomas the first born, Simon Thomas
* Or Reine ; but very doubtful, as a change has been made.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 253
Scroope Esquire of Danby, and anna Clementina Scroope Senior of
York ; Sponsors of John William, Revd William Danson * of Askew, and
Catherine Dorothea Scroope junior of Danby. Delalonde Psfc.
On the fifteenth of July one Thousand seven hundred and ninety
eight was born, and on the sixteenth ditto was baptised at Thornton
Steward by me undersigned harriet, Daughter of James and mary
Kirkley, Sponsors William furniss and jennet furniss of West-Witten.
Delalonde Pst
(11) on the Sixteenth of august one Thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight was born, and on the seventeenth ditto was baptised at
Danby by me undersigned, William, Son of Paul and mary Sturdy of
Mildham [Middleham] — Sponsors William Sturdy and Susanna Sturdy
of Mildham. Delalonde P8t.
on the Thirteenth of September one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight was born, and on the fourteenth ditto was baptised at
Thornton Steward by me undersigned, helena, Daughter of james and
mary Craven, Sponsors Thomas hill and anna Sturdy of Mildham
[Middleham]. Delalonde P8t.
on the Twentyfourth of September one thousand Seven hundred
and ninety eight was born, and on the twenthSixth ditto was baptised
at Thornton-Steward (12) by me undersigned, anna, daughter of
Mathew and anna Roantree, Sponsors John hoguet of Danby, and
anna Roantree of Wycliffe Boat house County of Durham.
Delalonde P8t.
on the Thirteenth of October one thousand seven hundred and
ninety eight was born at Danby, and on the same day was baptised by
me undersigned, henry, Son of Simon Thomas, and Catherine Scroope,
Sponsors George Meynell of yarm, and Catherine Selbey of Biddleston
in the County of Northumberland. Delalonde Pst.
[i799]
on the twenty third of february one thousand seven hundred and
ninety nine was born, and on the third of march was baptised at Danby
by me undersigned, anna (13) Daughter of Joseph and Dorothea
Cuckfield of hunton, Sponsors John Sedgwick and Rebecca t Sedgwick
of Burton. Delalonde Pst.
[1800]
on the twentieth of January on thousand eight hundred was born
and on the twenty first ditto was baptised at Mildham [Middleham] by
me undersigned, Rachel, daughter of Thomas and alise hill, of Mild-
ham, Sponsors, Laurence jackson & Anna Sturdy of Mildham.
Delalonde P8t.
On the eleventh of february one thousand eight hundred was born
and on the same day was baptised at Leyburn by me undersigned,
jane, daughter of John and anna Blenkinsop, Sponsors (14) Richard
allanson and anna Blenkinsop of Leyburn. Delalonde Pst
on the Second of March one thousand [seven hun xd out] eight
hundred was born, and on the same day baptised at Dantzie by me
* The Rev. William Danson died at Aiskew, Bedale, 15 Nov. 1806, aged 76.
f I have taken the liberty of giving this spelling ; but in the original it is
absolutely Rebeeea.
254 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
undersigned, Joseph, Son of Thomas and anna douthwaite, Sponsors
William Morgan of Yarm and Elizabeth Birdsall. Delalonde Pst
on the tenth of July one thousand eight hundred was born, and on
the fourteenth ditto was baptised at Bellerby by me undersigned henry
son of John and isabella Bell, Sponsors William furniss and marguarita
Buckle of West Witten. Delalonde Pst.
(15) On the twelfth of November on Thousand eight hundred was
born, and on the same day was baptised at the Bridge by me under-
signed, Elizabeth, daughter of John and frances hogget, Sponsors
William Smithson and Elizabeth Champney of Yarm.
Delalonde Pst.
[1801]
On the Sixteenth of January one thousand eight hundred and one
was born, and on the eighteenth ditto was baptised at Thornton
Steward by me undersigned, John, son of james and Mary Craven,
Sponsors William Mcarthur of Danby and Mary Coldbeck of Elling-
ton. Delalonde Pst.
(16) On the twenty fifth of December one thousand eight hundred
and one, was born at Danby, & the same day was baptised, by me
undersigned, frederic, son of Simon Thomas and Catherine Scroope,
sponsors Thomas Strickland of Sizergh Esqr, and Elizabeth Ashmal of
Lambs Conduit Street, London. Dupont p8t.
[1802]
On the sixth of January one thousand eight hundred and two was born
& was baptised by me undersigned Mary Lumley, daughter of Robert
& Elen Lumley of Mildham, sponsors, paul Sturdy of Mildham and
Ann Richardson Dupont pst.
(17) On the eight of february one thousand eight hundred & tow
was baptised by me undersigned at ulshaw bridge, parish of east witton
thomas son of Matthew and Anna Roantree, born the day before
about half past ten at night, Sponsors Thomas Roantree & hanna
Besst. Dupont pst.
[The rest of p. 17 is take?i up with a less complete and crossed out
entry of the folloiving certificate.}
(18) On the twenty eighth of february one thousand eight hundred
and two was baptised by me undersigned Stephen son of paul and Mary
Sturdy of Mildham, born on the twenty six instant, sponsors Stephen
Sturdy and Margeret Sturdy. Dupont pst
[June ye 13th in margin] On ye Thirt: of June one thousand Eight
hundred and two was Baptised by me undersigned ; Sophia Elizabeth
Douthwaite ye Daughter of Thomas and Anna Douthwaite ; Sponsors
John Birdsall, Sophia Fisher. Jn° Eccles
[In margin, July ye 17th] One Thousand Eight hundred and two
was born, and Eighteenth ditto was Baptized by me undersigned : Ann
Craven ye Daughter of James and Mary Craven. Sponsers
and Elizabeth Havelock of Danby. [No signature, but the
same ivriting as that of Rev. John Eccles.']
[19] On Tuesday the 3d of August one Thousand Eight Hundred
and two was born and on the same Baptized at the Bridge by me
undersigned, Wllm Hogget the Son of John and Frances Hogget,
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 255
Sponsors Wllm Hogget of Cragg in Parish of Rombelkirk [Romaldkirk ?]
and Mary Champney of Yarm. Jn° Eccles.
ti8o3]
[In margin, June 16, 1803] was born at Danby at half past eight
o clock p.m. & baptized the same day by me undersigned Monica
Scroope, daughter of Simon T. & Catharine Scroope. Spons8 George
Cary Esqr of Torr Abbey & Eliz Wright of Kelvedon. J. Eccles.
(20) a.d. 1804
On the 26th of June was born, & on the 27th was baptized Ann
[Sturdy above] Daughter of Paul & Mary (olim Brotherton con-
jugum). Sponsors Robert Watson & Ann Sturdy (both by proxy).
ita testor. J. Maini.
On the of Novr was born & on the 6th of the same was
baptized Dorothy [Raper above] daughter of & Eliza-
beth (olim Hevlock * conjugum.) Sponsor
J. Maini
1805
On the 21 March at 3.0 oclock a:m. was born & on the same day
baptized Charles George, son of Simon T. & Catharine Scoope,
Spons Wm Sheldon Esqr of Beyley [Beoley] & Teresa Meynell of
Yarm. baptvi ego. J. Maini.
On the 13 of July was born, & on the 14 of the same was baptized
Jane daughter of Thomas & Mary (olim Chapman) Hodgson.
Spons8 Thomas Lamb & Helen White, baptvi ego. Jos. Maini.
(21) For the baptism of Catharine Rowntree see the Register at
West Witton [21 Aug. 1805, p. 271. Query Leyburn registers].
[1806]
on the eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and six, was
baptised at Danby by me undersigned, Mary, born on the fourteenth
instant, daughter of James and elizabeth raper, of East-Witton.
Sponsors John Hodgson and elizabeth White. Jolly p8t.
[West Witton Registers ?]
Die Decembris 14 nata, et die 22 ejusdem mensis ejusdemque
anni baptizata fuit Maria Barker filia Ephraim et Franciscae Barker
(olim Hogarth) conjugum : patrinus fuit gulielmus smithson, matrina
Catharina Champney — a me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
(22) 1807
Die februarii 15 nata, et die 17 ejusdem mensis, ejusdemq anni
baptizata fuit Susanna Sturdy filia Stephani et Elizabethae Sturdy
(olim Wilson) conjugum : patrinus fuit John plilips, matrina Elizabetha
Sturdy. — A me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
Mense Septembris 1804 nata, et die 7 [februarii xd out] Januarii
1807 bapitzata fuit sub conditione Joann [a above] Steed filia Gulielmi
et Elizabeth [ae above] Steed (olim Chapman) conjugum. patrinus
fuit Thomas Hodgson, matrina Anna Rowntree. a me Richardo
Billington, Misso. Apco.
(23) Die aprilis 14. 1807 et die 15 ejusdem mensis ejusdemque
* An error for " Havelock." The family which became so distinguished in the
military annals of our country from the time of the Indian Mutiny were long settled
as yeomen in Cleveland or the Langbarugh Wapentake, Yorkshire.
256 CATHOLIC REGISTERS OF DANBY, WEST WITTON, AND
anni baptizata fuit Margarita Sturdy filia pauli et Elizabeths Sturdy
(olim Braddertton) conjugum : patrinus fuit Antonius Wadman,
matrina Maria Sturdy, a me [Richardo Billington xd out, Michaele
Wharton above] Mis80 Anglc0.
on the [eighteenth xd out, twenty one above] of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seven, was baptised at Danby by me undersigned,
John, born on the eighteenth instant, son of James & elizabeth
Rayper of East-Witton ; sponsors Havelock and ann Kendray.
J. B. Jolly.
Die 30 novembris 1807 natus, et die 2 decembris [1807 above]
baptizatus fuit joannis Hodgson, films Thomae et Mariae Hodgson,
(olim Chapman) conjugum : matrina fuit Hannah Best, a me Richardo
Billington [Mis80 Anglc0 in margin.]
(24) Die Decembris 12. 1807 nata, et die 13 ejusdem mensis
ejusdemq anni baptizata fuit Joanna Rowntree filia Mathei et Annae
Rowntree (olim Syrtis) conjugum: patrinus fuit Georgius Crow,
matrina Jsabella Crow, a J. B. Jolly.
[1808]
Die Decembris 18. 1808 nata, et die 30 ejusdem mensis ejusdemq
anni baptizata fuit Elizabetha Newsham filia Josephi et Marise New-
sham (olim Duck) conjugum : patrinus fuit Josephus Duck, matrina
Maria Duck, a me Richardo Billington. Mis80 Anglico.
[1809]
(25) Die 20 augusti 1809 nata, et die 21 ejusdem mensis, ejusdemq
anni baptizata fuit Elizabetha Sturdy filia pauli et Mariae Sturdy (olim
Bratherton) conjugum : patrinus fuit Robertus Blenkinsop, matrina
Dorothaea Wadman. a me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
Die oct: 16. 1809 natus, et die 18 ejusdem mensis ejusdemq anni
baptizatus fuit Nicholas Raper, filius jacobi et Elizabethan Raper(olim
Havelock) conjugum : patrinus fuit Gulielmus Laiton, matrina Maria
Blacklock. a petro potier Misso. Apco.
(26) Die 22 oct: 1809 nata, et die 24 ejusdem mensis ejusdemq
anni baptizata fuit Maria Hodgson filia Thomae et Mariae Hodgson
(olim Chapman) conjugum : matrina fuit Helena Anderson, a me
Richardo Billington. Misso Apco.
Die nata, et die 29 Dec: 181 o baptizata fuit
Elizabetha Jmison filia et Annae Jmison (olim
Blackburn) conjugum, a me Richard Billington, Mis80 Apco.
For Mary Sturdy see the year 1827.
[1810]
(27) Die 26 Decembris [1810 above] natus, et die 27 ejusdem mensis
ejusdemq anni baptizatus fuit Joannis Hodgson filius Thomae et Mariae
Hodgson (olim pickering) conjugum : patrinus fuit Thomas Simon
Scroope, matrina Maria Hodgson, a me Richardo Billington, Misso.
Apco.
Paul Sturdy see page 50.
[1811]
The 18th of may 181 1 Elizabeth Cassy daughter of Robert and [Jane
xd out, Celia above] Cassy was baptized by the Revd Mr Jolly at Danby
in testimony of which J subscribe my name, Richard Billington.
LEYBURN, YORKSHIRE, 1742-1840 257
Die 25 [181 1 above] septembris nata, et die i octobris baptizata
fuit Maria Plews, filia Mathaei et Margarita? plews (olim Herd) con-
jugum : patrinus fuit Simon Scroope, Matrina Eleanor (28) Anderson
a me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
For Paul Sturdy see the year 1827.
[1812]
Die 14 [Dec xf* out] Januarii 181 2 natus et eadem ipsa die bapti-
zatus fuit Gulielmus Rowntree filius Mathei et Annae Rowntree (olim
Sirtis) conjugum, patrinus fuit gulielmus Bickardike, matrina Maria
Thwaites, a me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
October the 9th [18 12 above] was born sara Metcalf daughter of
Mary Metcalf, and on the 22 of October 18 12 the same was baptized
by me Richard Billington, Apostolic (29) Missionary. Mary Kirkley
was God-mother.
[1813]
Die 10 februarii 181 3 nata et die 13 ejusdem mensis ejusdemq
anni baptizata fuit Joanna Raper, filia Jacobi et Elizabethan Raper
(olim Havelock) conjugum : patrinus fuit gulielmus Bickerdyke,
matrina Helena Anderson, a me Richardo Billington, Misso Apco.
Mark Jackson was born february 6. 18 13. Helen White was her
God-mother. Her father's name is Bernard Jackson, her mother's
Mary, (Doil [befor xd out] before marriage) Jackson. Mary Jackson
was baptized by me Richard Billington, [apostolical missionary in
margin.]
(30) [1814]
Die Septembris 26, 18 14, natus & die 29 ejusdem Mensis & anni
baptisatus fuit Jacobus Kendray filius Jacobi & Elizabeths Kendray
(olim powel Conjugum, patrinus fuit Thomas [? H]ill, Matrina Anna
Kendray, a me, Richardus Billington.
die decembris 8. 18 14 nata & die 9 ejusdem Mensis & anni bapti-
sata fuit Barbara Maria Rowntree,* filia Mathaei & Mariae nowtree *
(olim Surtees) Conjugum, patrinus fuit Eduardus Scroope, matrina
anna Scroope, a me — Richardus Billington.
[1815]
Die. 1. februarii 181 5 natus Est, & die 2 : Ejusdem Mensis & anni
Baptisatus fuit Thomas hodgson filius Thomse & Mariae hodgson
(olim Chapman) Conjugum. — patrinus fuit Carolus Buckle. Matrina t
Rowntree. a me. Richardus Billington.
(31) Mary Sturdy daughter of Stephen and Elisabeth Sturdy
was born January. 13. 1809. for Stephen Sturdys children, Except
Susanna see the Register at West witton.
\The above confused entry is crossed out.]
Baptisatus Est april 25. 18 15. Jacobus Raper filius Jacobi &
Elizabethan Raper Conjugum (olim havelock.) natus fuit aprilis 17.
18 15. patrinus fuit Ricardus pearson, matrina Anna pearson, a me 
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